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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 Mercedes ask Tomas over breakfast in Chapter Nine that makes him worry she heard him moving around the house late at night?
(a) If he had trouble sleeping.
(b) If he heard the storm overnight.
(c) He he got hungry overnight.
(d) If he heard the cat moving around.

2. What does Tomas remember is amplified when one is hooded?
(a) The taste of food.
(b) The feel of rain.
(c) The itchiness of a bug crawling on one's skin.
(d) The sounds of one's own body.

3. What does Isabel ask Tomas to look for that could help her and her group in Chapter Eight?
(a) Music that comes from houses it should not.
(b) Chatter among his fellow students for people that might be helping the military.
(c) Papers at the Colonel's house.
(d) Signs of weapons stores around where he lives.

4. What was Felix's nickname?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Priest.
(c) Triste.
(d) The Gringo.

5. Why is Tomas upset with his wife Claire?
(a) She has recently had an affair.
(b) She has mistreated their children.
(c) She is battling addiction.
(d) She has told him she is moving out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel give Tomas for protection in 1976?

2. What smell does Tomas associate with the Colonel?

3. When does Tomas first move to Buenos Aires?

4. In Chapter Nine, what does Isabel tell Tomas when he says he would like to get to know her more?

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

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