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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 does Norma say about literature?

2. What fills the streets?

3. How are Juan and Rosa Morales able to spend a rare night out at a cheap restaurant?

4. What does Rodrigo do the day after his mother finds his manuscript?

5. What does she plan to do after she has landed her millionaire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gervasio and his companions' plans.

2. What does Norma use to get far in life?

3. What do Natasha and Rodrigo discuss?

4. How is the mother-son bond broken between Rosenda and Rodrigo?

5. Of what does Dona Lorenza remain convinced?

6. Describe Teodula.

7. Of what does Rodrigo complain?

8. What does Norma do after her brush with death?

9. What does Rosenda tell Ixca about Mexico City?

10. What happens once Norma and Robles meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Norma has used her beauty to advance herself in the social world.

Part 1) What has she accomplished through her beauty?

Part 2) What must Norma do to keep her status?

Part 3) Is she successful in her conquests? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Ixca's mother, Teodula, demands a sacrifice to save the poor people of Mexico City.

Part 1) What is this sacrifice?

Part 2) Why is this the sacrifice?

Part 3) Does this sacrifice, in fact, save the people? Why or why not?

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