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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. How does Rodrigo die at the end of chapter one?

2. Why does Isabel disintegrate her daughter?

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

4. Who is Mammon?

5. What kind of music does a government agency prevent in films?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anacreonte say about Ego?

2. What happens while Azucena interviews at the Center for the Oversight of Previous Existences?

3. How does the experience of the power of the Pyramid of Love in chapter one compare to the experience of it in chapter six?

4. In chapter thirteen, what condition did Azucena return to life?

5. What do we learn about the characters through their use of the Televirtual in chapter nine?

6. What philosophies does Anacreonte share in chapter fourteen?

7. What helps the Universe to run smoothly?

8. Why does Cuquita claim she should now live with Rodrigo? What is her real motivation?

9. What did Isabel do to her second daughter?

10. How does Anacreonte feel about his job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter three is set in twenty-third century Mexico City.

1) What is twenty-third century Mexico City like?

2) What inventions are part of daily life in this setting?

3) How believable is this setting to you?

Essay Topic 2

In several chapters, there are shifts in the narrative voice. Explain who the different narrators are. How do their narrative styles vary? Which narrators are most interesting to read? Which of the voices do you find most believable?

Essay Topic 3

Reincarnation is central to this novel.

1) What is reincarnation in this book?

2) Who reincarnates?

3) What do characters reincarnate?

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