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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is knocking at the door?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Roberto Miranda.
(c) Gerardo's sister.
(d) Paulina's mother.

2. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?
(a) Paulina Salas.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) Gerardo Escobar.
(d) No one invites the driver inside.

3. What is Paulina holding when the audience first sees her in the scene?
(a) The morning newspaper.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) Breakfast for Roberto.

4. Who does Paulina blame for her not finishing school?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Gerardo.
(c) Dr. Miranda.
(d) Herself.

5. What is the name of the tape Paulina has in her pocket?
(a) Beatles' Abby Road.
(b) Handel's Messiah.
(c) An audio recording of How to Win Friends and Influence People.
(d) Schubert's Death and the Maiden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roberto wish would happen to the people the commission ferrets out?

2. Gerardo wife replies to Gerardo's accusation by saying what?

3. What does Roberto say he enjoys when his wife and children are away?

4. What would be an accurate word to describe Paulina's past?

5. What has Roberto heard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paulina get when she comes on the stage in Scene 3?

2. What does Paulina do after she locks her husband in their room?

3. What does Paulina hear while she is hiding?

4. What does Paulina pretend when Gerardo comes to bed and how does Gerardo respond?

5. What does Gerardo say when Paulina asks who was in the car?

6. What is the purpose of the commission the government is forming?

7. What do Gerardo and Paulina appear not to notice while listening to the concert?

8. What does Gerardo say Paulina remembers about her torture and how does Roberto respond?

9. What does Paulina say about Schubert to Roberto?

10. What is Gerardo going to tell Paulina about what he thinks Roberto is going to do?

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