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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 181 - 240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Rodolfo ask Tomas if he has read?
(a) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(b) The Snakehead.
(c) The Prince.
(d) One Hundred Years of Solitude.

2. What smell does Tomas associate with the Colonel?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Blood.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Cigar smoke.

3. What song does the Colonel start singing in Chapter Five that unsettles Tomas?
(a) Dancing Queen.
(b) Go Your Own Way.
(c) My Way.
(d) Memories.

4. When does the coup happen in Argentina?
(a) April 1980.
(b) March 1976.
(c) January 1975.
(d) July 1978.

5. What kind of intelligent does the Colonel say that Tomas is?
(a) A rather stupid kind.
(b) A cunning kind.
(c) An academic kind.
(d) An inconsistent kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tomas ask Pichuca to tell Isabel about the Colonel's party?

2. Where did Tomas's father's parents originally come from?

3. Who looks at Tomas with loathing all the time?

4. When does Tomas's mother insist on visiting in Chapter Eleven?

5. Which party does Ricardo Alberto Gaya work for?

(see the answer key)

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