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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 does Gerardo say his wife fails to do?
(a) Get the oil changed in the car.
(b) Pick up their son at day care.
(c) Fix the spare.
(d) Cook the filet mignon correctly.

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

3. Who will preside over the trials?
(a) A trial judge from the United States.
(b) A people's rights group.
(c) Three lawyers who are coming out of exile.
(d) Judges, who were also presiding over courts during the dictatorship.

4. What does Gerardo offer Roberto?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars to leave the country.
(b) A cognac.
(c) A job.
(d) A cigarette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roberto mention as being gone at the moment?

2. How does Paulina feel about the possibility of these people going to trial?

3. What does Roberto probably believe about the commission?

4. What persuades Roberto to stay overnight at Gerardo and Paulina's home?

5. Where is Paulina's mother going?

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