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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paulina returns to the living room, what does she do?
(a) Ask Roberto to forgive her.
(b) Says another line from her time of torture and runs her hands all over Roberto.
(c) Gives Roberto more water.
(d) Pistol whips Roberto for trying to escape.

2. What does Paulina want of Gerardo?
(a) His to leave immediately.
(b) Him to stay with her.
(c) Him to kill Roberto.
(d) Him to assure her of his love.

3. About what phrase does Paulina talk?
(a) "Birds of a feather flock together."
(b) "A penny saved is a penny earned."
(c) "Two birds with one stone."
(d) "Son of a bitch."

4. Who does Paulina meet after three days of captivity?
(a) Gerardo.
(b) Roberto.
(c) The head of the Secret Police.
(d) Dr. Miranda.

5. What is one possible symbolic meaning to this last scene?
(a) That if you can't kill someone, you should not tie them up and threaten them.
(b) That God is the Judge of all people.
(c) That Roberto will always be at least figuratively hanging over Paulina and Gerardo's shoulders.
(d) That the past is in the past and can no longer bother you in the present.

6. What is the first thing Roberto says when Paulina removes the gag?
(a) Asks for water.
(b) Tells Paulina to go to hell.
(c) Calls Paulina a bitch.
(d) Says he is going to sue Paulina.

7. What does Paulina do when Gerardo looks at her as the song commences?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Looks over at Roberto and gives him an obscene sign.
(c) Turns to Gerardo and smiles.
(d) Crys.

8. At first, what is the primary reason for the doctor's presence during torture?
(a) To administer truth serum.
(b) To make certain a woman isn't pregnant before shock torture.
(c) To heal the patient.
(d) To say how much physical abuse the prisoner can withstand without dying.

9. What does Paulina say about the relationship between some doctors and the secret police?
(a) That the police used the doctors in their torture sessions.
(b) That the doctors and the police were on different sides of the political situation.
(c) That the police believe doctors could not be trusted.
(d) That the doctors pretended to help the police, but were spying for the rebels.

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

11. What sounds are heard?
(a) Music as well as general audience noise.
(b) The telephone is ringing.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) It is absolutely silent.

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

13. What does Paulina mention using to rape Roberto, implying that he had done the same to her.
(a) A broom handle.
(b) A stick.
(c) A police baton.
(d) A flashlight.

14. What is Gerardo trying to get Paulina to tell him?
(a) Why they must kill Roberto.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she wants to divorce him.
(d) Something she had started to tell him years before.

15. What is Gerardo going to tell Paulina about Roberto?
(a) That he is actually an undercover agent for Gerardo's commission.
(b) That he doesn't want to cooperate.
(c) That Gerardo is certain that Roberto is Dr. Miranda.
(d) That he is having a heart attack from fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Paulina persists in questioning Gerardo about the affair, how does he respond.

3. What does Paulina want to know about Gerardo's affair with this woman?

4. What has Paulina not shared with Gerardo in the past?

5. What do Gerardo and Paulina have with them on the terrace?

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