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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 6, "Federico Robles".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Gabriel forgotten when giving his mother a food processor?
(a) The neighbors will be jealous.
(b) They have no electricity.
(c) She does not want one.
(d) She already has one.

2. Who is Dona Lorenza?
(a) A poor prositute in a dirty part of town.
(b) The matriarch of the de Ovando family.
(c) Mercedes' mother.
(d) The mayor of Mexico City.

3. Who is Gervasio Pola?
(a) The mayor of Mexico City, who is working towards a stronger middle class.
(b) A hero of the xx revolution who dies by firing squad in the Belen prison.
(c) A poor man who cares for his wife and child by working in the United States part of the year.
(d) The president of Mexico and member of the Federal Party.

4. Why do the other men resist?
(a) They want to go in two groups.
(b) They want to fight the enemy now.
(c) They want to go on their own.
(d) They want to remain together, even unto death.

5. Who are the wealthiest feudal landowners in Mexico?
(a) The de Ovando family.
(b) The Robles family.
(c) The Orlando family.
(d) The Garcia family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dona Lorenza believe about the political and economic shifts?

2. How does Ixca observe all the major characters?

3. With what is the narrator now dealing?

4. In what does Zamacona think a problem consists?

5. What was Robles once?

(see the answer key)

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