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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Azucena cry as she shops?
(a) Music.
(b) A poor woman, asking those passing by for a little money.
(c) A scent from her childhood.
(d) A photograph of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

2. What does the Law of Love state about what happens when hatred is planted in our heats by others?
(a) The hate must be removed as quickly as possible because it will hurt the body.
(b) The aggressor is the only one who can remove the hate.
(c) Hatred is so heavy that it must be looked at in therapy.
(d) The person who caused the hate must be punished.

3. Where do Azucena and Cuquita spot each other standing in the same line?
(a) At the apartment public bathroom.
(b) At Tepito, the black market.
(c) At the drug store.
(d) At the Consumer Protection Agency.

4. Where does Azucena end up by mistake on her way homes from the black market at Tepito?
(a) In a diet center.
(b) The wrong government office.
(c) To an apartment where a couple is making love.
(d) A dangerous street corner.

5. What does Azucena do with the dead body that she finds in chapter seven?
(a) She sends it home via aerophone.
(b) She takes it to the police department.
(c) She leaves it on Cuquita's doorstep.
(d) She burries it in the apartment courtyard.

6. After making love, what brings Rodrigo and Azucena "back to earth"?
(a) The house catches on fire, and they are forced to run out even though they are not dressed.
(b) They are so hungry that they call for a pizza delivery.
(c) The roof leaks and they are soaked with rain water.
(d) They find a leg in their bed.

7. At the end of chapter two, what does Anacreonte tell Azucena she needs to do before Rodrigo visits her apartment?
(a) Brush her teeth.
(b) Call the proper authorities to let them know that she is ready for their meeting.
(c) Turn off the auric field around her apartment.
(d) Meditate in order to calm her spirit.

8. What is the relationship, described in chapter five, between demons and angels?
(a) According to the Law of Love, demons and angels can never meet.
(b) Demons aspire to be angels.
(c) Demons are fallen angels.
(d) Demons are happy with their work, but envy angels their wings.

9. What feature of her patio does Isabel want to hide?
(a) The dirty corners of the patio, which she did not have time to clean.
(b) The pre-Hispanic pyramid popping up from under the patio.
(c) The weeds that are growing around the fence.
(d) The Plant Speakers that she stole.

10. Where does Anacreonte say that truth is found?
(a) Inside oneself.
(b) In religious texts.
(c) In Art.
(d) In nature.

11. What does Azucena have to do to allow Rodrigo to visit her?
(a) She must pray in order to affirm this visit is in line with Divine Will.
(b) Run to the store for some tea to offer him on his visit.
(c) Ask her Guardian Angel for permission.
(d) Register his aura in the electromagnetic system protecting her apartment.

12. When Cuquita tries to rush into her home at the beginning of chapter seven, what impedes her speedy entrance?
(a) The police who want to interrogate her.
(b) A person begging for spare change.
(c) Her large, drunken husband blocking her way.
(d) CD vendors who have set up a stall outside her home.

13. What does the narrator of chapter five say about human intelligence?
(a) Humans are not smart enough to truly understand the idea of good and evil.
(b) Humans are quite intelligent.
(c) Humans can be brilliant, but when we list to outside advice, we are basically stupid.
(d) Humans are basically unintelligent, and need to experience things in the flesh.

14. How does Mammon characterize the Guardian Angels' work?
(a) Easier than the work of the demons.
(b) Much less interesting than his own work.
(c) As a constant uphill battle.
(d) Difficult.

15. How does Cuquita feel about Azucena?
(a) She wants to be Azucena's best friend.
(b) She hates her, and she is working on a plan to steal her boyfriend.
(c) She is jealous of her.
(d) She misses her since she moved away from her home town.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter four, which character makes sloppy attempts to use elevated language?

2. Who controls the sale of records, stereos, cassettes, and CDs?

3. What does Azucena buy on the black market, in an old clothing factory cellar?

4. What does Isabel want from Downtown Mexico City?

5. What kind of situations does Anacreonte claim we are put in?

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