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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. At the opening of the book, Artemio Cruz is:

2. Artemio Cruz goes to visit:

3. When the President asks what Cruz wants, he replies:

4. Who is not assigned to travel to the North?

5. Who is Artemio referring to when he mentions incense?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cruz think of yesterday?

2. What does Artemio do after the business meeting?

3. What is the first thing that Cruz is aware of as he wakes up?

4. How does Major Gavilan feel that Cruz will be received by the general?

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

6. Who is Regina?

7. Teresa and Catalina are still concerned about the will. What does Artemio say when Teresa ask about the will?

8. Why does Cruz have to leave town?

9. What is Cruz thinking while the police commander is playing Russian Roulette?

10. How does the book open?

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

The end of each chapter dealt with Artemio lying in bed sick and thinking. Explain how he gradually came to accept his death. Do you think he gave up on living? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Artemio thinks "We rode across the river, you died, I survived." Who is Artemio referring to? How did this affect him for the rest of his life?

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