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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 5, "The De Ovandos".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what does Zamacona think a problem consists?
(a) Not being a nation of one origin.
(b) The middle class not having the right to vote.
(c) The running of the country by thieves and thugs.
(d) Not truly understanding one's origins.

3. What does Gervasio insist that the group do?
(a) Run the other way.
(b) Stick together.
(c) Go their separate ways.
(d) Go in small groups.

4. What can Mexico not shake?
(a) Its wealth, its commerce, and its shallow citizens.
(b) Its fast-pace urban setting.
(c) Its reputation for beautiful waterfalls and jungles.
(d) Its lethargy, its poverty, and its envy of Europe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodrigo lament not having?

2. Who is Dona Lorenza?

3. What has Gabriel forgotten when giving his mother a food processor?

4. Upon what does Robles reflect?

5. What causes the family to temporarily relocate to New York City and then Paris?

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