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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Paulina persists in questioning Gerardo about the affair, how does he respond.
(a) He says if she brings it up once more, he will shoot her instead of Roberto.
(b) He says he will find the woman and let Paulina talk to her.
(c) He says he wants a divorce.
(d) Asks her why they torture each other in this way and does she want him to leave.

2. How does Paulina want to honor Gerardo's caring of her?
(a) Take him on a long cruise.
(b) Let him go back and have an affair with the other woman.
(c) Adopt a child and care for him in the same way.
(d) Buy him a year's worth of sessions with a massage therapist.

3. What is Roberto doing during the next part of the concert?
(a) Speaking with his wife.
(b) Watching the musicians.
(c) He does not come into the concert hall.
(d) Watching Paulina and Gerardo.

4. What is uncertain about the arrival of Roberto?
(a) He was in prison, so he must have escaped.
(b) Roberto has a twin brother and it may be the twin and not Roberto.
(c) He has dyed his hair and had a nose job, so it's not certain if that is really Roberto.
(d) Whether he is actually there or if Paulina is imaging it.

5. Besides his voice, how else does Paulina know Roberta was one of her torturers?
(a) The way he blinks his eyes constantly.
(b) The way he sniffs his nose constantly.
(c) The feel of his skin and his smell.
(d) The way he says certain words with a foreign accent.

6. Who enters as Paulina is paying for the candy?
(a) Gerardo.
(b) Her son.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Her mother.

7. What does Gerardo ask of Roberto concerning Paulina?
(a) To humor her.
(b) To tell her she is totally mistaken.
(c) To help him get her committed to an asylum.
(d) To help Gerardo kill her.

8. When is Paulina kidnapped?
(a) January, 1974.
(b) April, 1966.
(c) June, 1979.
(d) April, 1975.

9. What does Paulina asks Gerardo to do?
(a) To leave the house until Paulina is through with Roberto.
(b) To convince Roberto that Paulina will kill him if he doesn't confess.
(c) To help her dispose of the body if she has to kill Roberto.
(d) To rough Roberto up to scare him.

10. Where does Roberto say he has to go?
(a) To work.
(b) To the bathroom.
(c) To his office to get his papers for accuracy.
(d) To pick his wife and children up at the airport.

11. What has Paulina not shared with Gerardo in the past?
(a) That she is estranged from her parents.
(b) That she was fairly sure she knew who Dr. Miranda is.
(c) The fact that she had been a medical student.
(d) Very much about her experiences while being tortured.

12. What does Paulina say about the way Roberto takes his coffee?
(a) He takes it black.
(b) He likes it with sugar.
(c) He only drinks coffee after a torture session.
(d) He doesn't like coffee.

13. What is the main thing Paulina wants from Roberto?
(a) A guarantee that he won't go to the police.
(b) An apology.
(c) His written and signed confession in her hand.
(d) An explanation as to why he hurt her.

14. What do Gerardo and Paulina have with them on the terrace?
(a) A camera.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) An impartial witness.

15. Who does Roberto condemn?
(a) Paulina.
(b) Himself.
(c) Gerardo.
(d) His adulterous wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns to Roberto and meets his gaze for a moment?

2. What does Paulina remind Gerardo about her torturers?

3. How many times does Gerardo say he and the woman had sex?

4. What is Paulina's relationship with her parents like?

5. What does Gerardo imply that Roberto has done?

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