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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. Where does the Colonel tell Tomas one saves lives?
(a) In heaven.
(b) In democracies.
(c) In Columbia.
(d) In life, not death.

2. In Chapter Nine, what does Isabel tell Tomas when he says he would like to get to know her more?
(a) She is too smart for him.
(b) He might not like what he sees.
(c) He will like Nerea better than he likes her.
(d) He will like other girls more than he likes her.

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

4. What musical group does Tomas almost exclusively listen to in Chapter Seven?
(a) Fleetwood Mac.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Monkees.
(d) The Stones.

5. Where does Isabel ask Tomas to get a job so he can spy for the Montoneros in Chapter Ten?
(a) The detention center where torture is carried out.
(b) The office of operations that the junta uses.
(c) Peron's former office.
(d) The cafe where all the Colonels eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel show Tomas in the shed of her house?

2. How does Tomas remember Isabel's body?

3. Where was The School of the Americas once located?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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