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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robles' plan before the wars begin?

2. What do the workers do when they are once again refused food and are laughed at?

3. Where does Robles meet the beautiful, young Mercedes?

4. What does Dona Lorenza teach Benjamin?

5. How do his poetry friends feel about not being consulted?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Robles think while Ixca and Manuel are speaking?

2. Describe Teodula.

3. Describe Gervasio and his companions' plans.

4. Where does Beto end up on his night out with his friends?

5. Who are three of Bobo's guests?

6. How do three of the characters die?

7. What happens once Norma and Robles meet?

8. What happens to Betina and Jamie?

9. How do the de Ovandos find Mexico when they return in 1935?

10. How do both Ixca and Rodrigo feel about Norma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ixca seems to be some sort of priest or shaman.

Part 1) Prove this statement to be true.

Part 2) How does his mother, Teodula, influence him?

Part 3) Is he as powerful or knowing at the end of the novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Pimpelina has remained an unmarried virgin.

Part 1) Has she ever been in love? If so, with whom, and why does the relationship end?

Part 2) Why has she never married?

Part 3) Based on the information in the story, do you believe she will ever find anyone to marry? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ixca tells Robles it is important to listen to the young, especially when one has no children.

Part 1) To what youth is Ixca referring?

Part 2) What is ironic about this?

Part 3) How do the youth's words impact Robles?

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