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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 Rodrigo lament not having?

2. What is their goal?

3. In what does Zamacona think a problem consists?

4. What does she wisely recognize about her looks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ixca urge the city to do?

2. Why does Ibarra not like his job?

3. Upon what does Pimpenela reflect?

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

5. Of what does Rodrigo complain?

6. About what does Robles think when observing his wife?

7. Describe Teodula.

8. Describe the new characters.

9. How does Dona Lorenza react to what she finds in Mexico?

10. How does Norma find herself after the storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

It was difficult for Rodrigo growing up without a father.

Part 1) What happened to his father?

Part 2) Why is his life difficult without a father?

Part 3) How is he affected by the lack of a father figure?

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