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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, "Rodrigo Pola".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gervasio insist that the group do?
(a) Go in small groups.
(b) Go their separate ways.
(c) Stick together.
(d) Run the other way.

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

3. What does Cienfuegos urge the city to do?
(a) Join together and raise itself up again.
(b) Call upon the United States for assistance.
(c) Secede from Mexico.
(d) Ask the government for assistance.

4. How does the critical failure to make a connection between Rodrigo and his mother leave her feeling?
(a) Unsure.
(b) At peace.
(c) Angry and resentful.
(d) Unattractive, unloved, and alone.

5. With what is the narrator now dealing?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Mexico's future.
(c) Native Mexicans.
(d) Mexico's revolutionary past.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Norma devote herself?

2. Who is the only woman that truly knows Robles?

3. What does most of their house become?

4. What does Norma realize after a flirtation with a young poet?

5. What does Bobo begin to do the morning after the party?

(see the answer key)

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