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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 Norma do in the quest for her goal?
(a) She goes to business school.
(b) She buys a lot of baby clothes.
(c) She disowns her mother.
(d) She moves to Europe.

2. What does Dona Lorenza teach Benjamin?
(a) Of their many lands, honors, and conquests in the military and political sphere.
(b) About the importance of a European education.
(c) About the history of Mexico.
(d) To not trust the local Mexicans.

3. What is Robles' philosophy?
(a) His struggle is the country's struggle.
(b) The best job is working for the common good.
(c) His own success is also the country's.
(d) The harder he works, the more he gets.

4. What does Robles believe he has earned the right to do?
(a) Elevate himself about the bankrupt nonentities forever.
(b) Sleep in.
(c) Take the day off from work.
(d) Go on a vacation.

5. From where does Gabriel return?
(a) His stint working at a U.S. factory.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) The Rio Grande.
(d) The Yucatan Peninsula.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom does Norma utterly depend to raise her in the social hierarchy?

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

3. Why does she buy a cigarette holder?

4. Of what does Rodrigo complain?

5. Who is Rodrigo Pola's only friend as a young boy?

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