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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 10, "The Skull of Independence".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ibarra claim about both he and Robles?
(a) They were always better than everyone else.
(b) They had the same paths open to them after the revolution.
(c) They have always been best friends.
(d) They followed the same paths after the revolution.

4. What does Gervasio Pola stage?
(a) An escape via a garbage cart.
(b) A war against the revolutionaries.
(c) A musical about Mexican politics.
(d) A strike at a factory in Mexico City.

5. What do Beto and his companion do?
(a) Talk all night long.
(b) Drink.
(c) Fall asleep.
(d) Make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is ruthlessly pushing his business interests forward by refusing to hear the case of an injured worker?

2. Why is the impoverished Countess at the party?

3. To whom does Zamacona lecture?

4. What is Rodrigo Pola doing at the wedding?

5. What happens to Manuel on his way to Acapulco?

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