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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 61 - 120).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel throw against a stature of a military figure?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bottle of whisky.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A bomb.

2. How many years does Tomas spend officially disappeared?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

3. Who has the quietest personality of the group of torturers at Automotores?
(a) The Gringo.
(b) Rubio.
(c) Anibal.
(d) Triste.

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

5. What does the Colonel tell Tomas he need never be with the Colonel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Reticent.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Amorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Gringo doing a favor for in Chapter Five?

2. What composer does the Colonel particularly like?

3. Who is the only housemate Tomas really ends up speaking to in Buenos Aires?

4. What does Mercedes ask Tomas over breakfast in Chapter Nine that makes him worry she heard him moving around the house late at night?

5. What does capuchita mean?

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