1. What causes the boat to capsize?
(a) Ixca's refusal to take down the sail.
(b) Norma refuses to allow Ixca to do his job.
(c) There is a hole in the bottom of the boat.
(d) The sail rips off.

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

3. What celebration takes place in the city?
(a) Independence Day.
(b) The Day of the Dead.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Mardi Gras.

4. Who does Beto find in his hotel room?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Norma.
(d) Gladys.

5. To whom does Rosenda Pola tell her whole story?
(a) Robles.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Ixca.

6. To where does Mercedes move?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York City,
(d) Paris.

7. What does Ixca notice about Norma and Robles' conversation at dinner?
(a) Robles does all of the talking.
(b) Norma assists her husband in the dinner conversation.
(c) They both speak at once.
(d) They do not speak to one another.

8. Through what does Robles believe will make the nation sufficiently wealthy?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Marxism.

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

10. How is little Jorges made an orphan?
(a) By his mother's murder.
(b) By his father's suicide.
(c) By his mother's death during childbirth.
(d) By his father's cab accident.

11. What does Mercedes notice as she walks through the fields of the hacienda?
(a) All the desiring glances of the men.
(b) All the beautiful flowers.
(c) The handsome fieldhands.
(d) The grapes on the vines.

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

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

14. How do Gabriel and his friends celebrate?
(a) Going to an art museum.
(b) Drinking and listening to mariachi music.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Sitting at a friend's home.

15. What faith does Rodrigo prefer?
(a) Love.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Of indifference.
(d) Buddhism.