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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Gerardo and Paulina go to bed?
(a) The phone rings.
(b) The water pipe in the bath breaks.
(c) They fall asleep with the light on.
(d) Someone drives up, gets out of a car, and knocks on the door.

2. Why is it likely Paulina does not want to encounter Roberto?
(a) She does not go out to meet him when he comes in the house.
(b) She cowers under the covers shaking.
(c) She tells Gerardo to make him leave.
(d) She calls the police to have Roberto forcibly removed from her house.

3. What would be an accurate word to describe Paulina's past?
(a) Idlyllic.
(b) Nightmarish.
(c) She has amnesia and doesn't know about her past.
(d) Happy.

4. What does Roberto say he hopes the commission will do?
(a) Shut the door on the divisions and hatreds of the past.
(b) Change their minds about offering amnesty.
(c) Punish only those in authority.
(d) Fail to find anybody responsible.

5. What is supposed to happen on Sunday?
(a) Church service.
(b) A golf game.
(c) Paulina mother is to return.
(d) An invitation to drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roberto say is the real reason he stopped back at Gerardo's home?

2. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?

3. Why were Gerardo and Paulina frightened by a visitor in the middle of the night?

4. What does Gerardo do to calm Paulina?

5. What invitation does Gerardo extend to Roberto?

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