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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who gave Gerardo a ride home?
(a) Roberto Miranda.
(b) Jose Guevera.
(c) Jose Companera.
(d) Paco Jueves.

2. What has Roberto heard?
(a) That Paulina and Gerardo are divorcing.
(b) That Gerardo is moving to Buenas Aires.
(c) That the President has been shot.
(d) That Gerardo has been appointed to the Investigating commission.

3. From where did Paulina get the tape?
(a) Roberto's car.
(b) The local music store.
(c) From Gerardo's glove compartment.
(d) Paulina's private collection of music.

4. What has been offered to past political criminals?
(a) A reduced sentence for snitching.
(b) Community service instead of prison.
(c) Amnesty.
(d) The opportunity to commit suicide instead of being hanged.

5. What does the character in #1's answer grab when hearing a car?
(a) Dinner out of the oven.
(b) A pair of binoculars.
(c) A gun.
(d) The telephone.

6. What does Paulina say about Schubert?
(a) That he was probably a homosexual.
(b) That he was the most prolific of the Classical masters.
(c) That he was the greatest of the Classical masters.
(d) That he committed suicide.

7. What does Gerardo confess to Paulina with some coaxing?
(a) That he has already accepted the offer of being on the commission.
(b) That he isn't really angry about the car spare tire.
(c) That he is having an affair.
(d) That he got the jack back already from his mother-in-law.

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

9. What could the fact that Paulina uses her panties to gag Roberto instead of something else symbolize?
(a) Her disgust for him.
(b) Her stupidity in not being able to think of a better way to gag him.
(c) That she wants to have a sexual relationship with him.
(d) Her practical nature in not wanting to dirty a clean towel.

10. Where does Paulina find Roberto's keys?
(a) On the kitchen table.
(b) In his pants pocket.
(c) On the bedside table.
(d) In his jacket.

11. Who is the first character on the stage in this scene?
(a) Roberto.
(b) Gerardo.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Paulina.

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

13. What is heard from Roberto's room?
(a) A scream.
(b) Silence.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) A muffled cry.

14. What does Gerardo do to calm Paulina?
(a) Givers her a tranquilizer.
(b) Takes her in his arms.
(c) Locks her in her bedroom.
(d) Gives her a Tom Colllins.

15. What happens to many students when the military was in control of the country?
(a) They are asked to serve in the military.
(b) They are given full scholarships.
(c) They are kicked out of school.
(d) They are shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gerardo call their argument?

3. One is one explanation for Paulina's actions to Roberto?

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

5. What seems probable by Paulina's behavior while listening to the two men?

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