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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Padilla and Artemio work on at the hospital?

2. While the women are walking they:

3. What does Cruz feel about the affection of Catalina?

4. At lunch, the two women try to pronounce the name of:

5. Artemio feels that Catalina should:

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Artemio is at the dinner table with Don Gamaliel and Catalina?

2. What does Catalina tell Artemio about what happened before they were married?

3. What kinds of goods are the two women shopping for?

4. Why does Artemio warn Regina about the federales?

5. Why does Artemio Cruz pay a visit to Father Paez?

6. What does Artemio do after the business meeting?

7. What is the relationship between Gonzalo Bernal and Artemio Cruz?

8. What impression does the reader have of Mr. Cruz's financial position?

9. Why does Artemio go to visit Don Gamaliel?

10. How does Cruz think of yesterday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss your impressions of the character of Teresa? Does she care about her father? Is she money-hungry? Why does she keep saying that Artemio is pretending?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what a cause is. What did this mean in the life of Artemio? What did it mean to Lorenzo? Why couldn't Teresa and Catalina understand what it meant?

Essay Topic 3

What is it that Artemio is searching for throughout his life? Why does he keep having relationships with different women? What do you attribute this to?

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