1. What is Mexico City?
(a) Just like any other city in Mexico.
(b) A disgraceful place.
(c) A strange and ugly city.
(d) A noble land unlike any other.

2. What does Gervasio remember about his companions?
(a) They ditched him.
(b) They are Federalists.
(c) They wish to die together.
(d) They do not wish to die together.

3. In what does Ibarra specialize?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Labor law.
(c) Real estate law.
(d) Oral surgery.

4. What does Natasha say about the nouveau riche?
(a) They are her friends.
(b) They deserve everyone's respect.
(c) They have none of the taste or talent that the old aristocracy had.
(d) They have the right to lead the country.

5. What does Gervasio do after remembering this about his companions?
(a) He gives up their location.
(b) He keeps their secret.
(c) He calls for them.
(d) He aks to die alone.

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

7. How does Ixca observe all the major characters?
(a) In a vague and uncaring way.
(b) As if they are from the same social class.
(c) With a critical and knowing eye.
(d) In a biased way.

8. What causes the family to temporarily relocate to New York City and then Paris?
(a) A death in the family.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A desire to see other cities.
(d) Political turmoil.

9. What do most of the characters do after the party?
(a) Meet for an early breakfast.
(b) Sleep late or lay in bed.
(c) Stay at Bobo's.
(d) Stay in a hotel.

10. Why is the impoverished Countess at the party?
(a) To try to coerce others into giving her money.
(b) For the food.
(c) For the comfort of friends.
(d) To find a husband.

11. What is Norma's main worry?
(a) How to get more admiration and attention.
(b) When she will have children.
(c) Keeping her wealth.
(d) Whether or not her husband loves her.

12. What later fills her with contempt?
(a) The kiss she shares with the poet in a kitchen garden.
(b) Her marriage to Robles.
(c) The denial of her love for the poet.
(d) The fact she left the sweet poet.

13. What happens to the angry workers?
(a) They are executed by Federal troops.
(b) They are fired.
(c) They are worked harder.
(d) They are imprisoned.

14. What does Robles do for Ibarra?
(a) He gives him an important position.
(b) He gives him money.
(c) He hires him as an "associate".
(d) He finds him a job in another company.

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