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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Azucena find her apartment when she returns from shopping?
(a) Ransacked.
(b) Flooded.
(c) On fire.
(d) Freshly painted.

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

3. Why does Rodrigo leave Azucena's apartment?
(a) He goes to see if he could help the people that were in the newscast.
(b) He wants to collect his belongings and bring them back.
(c) He felt that, out of respect, he needed to go consult with his own Guardian Angel.
(d) He needs to get to work.

4. Why does Rodrigo send for a wife from Spain?
(a) He misses his wife and yearns to see her again.
(b) He hopes that by bringing a wife he can feel more established in his new home.
(c) He needs a wife to keep his residents and laborers.
(d) He wants someone to cook the familiar dishes he misses, especially fresh baked bread.

5. What does Isabel want from Downtown Mexico City?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Silver.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Music CDs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Plantspeaker?

2. What is the subject of the news cast that Rodrigo and Azucena view in Azucena's apartment?

3. What does the narrator of chapter five say about human intelligence?

4. Where is Dr. Díez's office?

5. Who are Wreckoncilers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of force do old stones contain?

2. What philosophies does Anacreonte share in chapter fourteen?

3. What does Isabel want to do with Rodrigo while on the planet Korma?

4. What do we learn about Ex-Azucena's role in Isabel's family in chapter fifteen?

5. What happens to Mexico City when the Pyramid of Love is restored?

6. In chapter seven, how did Azucena find out that someone wanted to kill her?

7. If Azucena and Isabel were opponents representing good and evil in earlier chapters of this book, who wins in the end?

8. In chapter fourteen, who do we learn that Anacreonte report to?

9. How does Azucena and Cuquita's relationship change in chapter nine?

10. Why doesn't Azucena cooperate with Anacreonte?

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