1. What does Norma want Ixca to tell her?
(a) That he wants to marry her.
(b) That he will give her all his money.
(c) That her husband loves her.
(d) That he loves her.

2. When does Betina reveal her arrogant, superior character?
(a) When she is angry.
(b) Only when Jamie is around.
(c) On Sundays.
(d) All the time.

3. What has made Norma bold and self-certain?
(a) Her love for her husband.
(b) Her new wealth.
(c) Her relationship with Ixca.
(d) Her brush with death.

4. What has happened to Ixca's last effort to give his mother a sacrifice?
(a) It has failed.
(b) It took longer than planned.
(c) It is not the sacrifice she wants.
(d) It has succeeded.

5. What does Ixca say about Norma?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He worries about her soul.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is sorry for her death.

6. To whom does the narration pass?
(a) Mercedes Zamacona.
(b) A new generation.
(c) Manuel Zamacona.
(d) A previous generation.

7. How does Rodrigo pass his time?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Crying for his mother to come back to him.
(c) Wondering why he had not come to see his mother sooner.
(d) Inspecting his own face to see what image he projects to the outside world.

8. How does Rosenda respond when her son asks her whether Gervasio was good to her?
(a) She tells him he was very good to her.
(b) She tells him that his father was a coward who died in prison and betrayed his comrades.
(c) She tells him that he was very indifferent and not missed.
(d) She tells him he was the best husband anyone could ask for.

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

10. What does Pimpenela do when she leaves Ixca?
(a) She returns to her luxurious apartment.
(b) She sits on a park bench.
(c) She goes to another bar.
(d) She calls Rodrigo.

11. What can Manuel not accept about the revolution's results?
(a) He has not grown richer from it.
(b) Had to be the rise of a new privileged class, dominated by the United States and paralyzed of all internal political life.
(c) They turn out in his favor.
(d) It was more successful than he had expected it to be.

12. What does Rosenda confess?
(a) She does not miss her son.
(b) She tried to replace the father's love with the son's.
(c) She has never loved her son.
(d) She does not want to die.

13. What does Rosenda create?
(a) A new image of her husband.
(b) A new home.
(c) A job for herself.
(d) A perfect family.

14. Who helps Mercedes give birth?
(a) Robles.
(b) Her mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Her nanny.

15. What happens when Robles leaves Ixca and Norma alone?
(a) Ixca leaves shortly after.
(b) Their conversation dies out.
(c) Their conversation becomes very intimate.
(d) They are uncomfortable with one another.