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

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

3. Upon what does Robles reflect?
(a) His marriage.
(b) His bank.
(c) He no longer has to walk in the "flea circus" on the street.
(d) The discussions he had at Bobo's party.

4. What difficulty does Rodrigo have growing up?
(a) His mother is unkind.
(b) Without a father.
(c) He has a learning disability.
(d) He is poor.

5. Who is Gladys Garcia?
(a) The mayor of Mexico City.
(b) A new senator in the United States.
(c) Cienfuegos' mother.
(d) An aging prostitute.

6. What has Gladys been doing since age thirteen?
(a) Raising a family.
(b) Living in the United States.
(c) Going to to school.
(d) Living on the streets.

7. What is the marriage between Robles and Norma?
(a) A perfect bargain.
(b) A comfortable marriage.
(c) A loving marriage.
(d) A perfect match.

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

9. How are Juan and Rosa Morales able to spend a rare night out at a cheap restaurant?
(a) A wealthy man drops his wallet.
(b) They win the lottery.
(c) They are lucky at the races.
(d) They get the night off from work.

10. For what is Norma dressing on a Sunday morning?
(a) A friend's birthday party.
(b) Church.
(c) A society wedding she must attend.
(d) Brunch.

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

12. Who is Ixca Cienfuegos?
(a) A bull-rider.
(b) A citizen of Buenos Aires.
(c) A writer.
(d) A citizen of Mexico City.

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

14. What is their goal?
(a) To reach Mexico City.
(b) To overthrow the government.
(c) To reach the shores of Miami.
(d) To reach Zapata headquarters at Tres Marina.

15. Of what does Ibarra grow tired?
(a) His family.
(b) His life in Mexico City.
(c) His bland middle class life.
(d) HIs relationship with Robles.