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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 4, " Rosenda".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the family forced to do?
(a) Leave Mexico for Argentina.
(b) Sell their gardens and stables.
(c) Move back to Paris.
(d) Sell the house.

2. What does Dona Lorenza impress upon her tiny new grandson, Benjamin?
(a) The great heritage of his family.
(b) The great native traditions.
(c) The importance of studying abroad.
(d) How great his grandmother is.

3. To whom does Rosenda Pola tell her whole story?
(a) Ixca.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Robles.

4. What do they find when they return to Mexico in 1935?
(a) A changed land.
(b) Many new friends.
(c) Their property the way they had left it.
(d) A beautiful, unchanged land.

5. How does Zamacona begin his day?
(a) Calling his mother and wishing her good morning.
(b) With a cup of coffee and a donut.
(c) Writing in his journal about the previous day and his plans for the rest of the day.
(d) With an essay on Mexico's eccentricity and position in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Norma's main fear?

2. In what does Zamacona think a problem consists?

3. What does Rosenda confess?

4. Why do Robles and Norma marry?

5. What does Norma want to be?

(see the answer key)

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