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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 241 - 291).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Isabel tell Tomas about Gustavo in Chapter Three?
(a) About a time Gustavo worked at a chicken factory and could not keep up with the work.
(b) About a time when Gustavo helped deliver a baby in the street.
(c) About a time when Gustavo accidentally shot a young child.
(d) About a time when Gustavo got chemical burns at work.

2. What does Isabel tell Tomas we all want in the end?
(a) Someone to miss us.
(b) Time to say goodbye.
(c) Another chance.
(d) An award.

3. What exact date is the coup in Argentina?
(a) January 3, 1956.
(b) May 2, 1978.
(c) March 24, 1976.
(d) July 8, 1970.

4. Who asks for a transfer to another facility in the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Priest.
(b) Rubio.
(c) Triste.
(d) The Gringo.

5. Why does Tomas give Isabel the Priest's license plate number?
(a) He wants the Montoneros to kill him.
(b) He wants her to capture and torture the Priest.
(c) He wants her to give the Priest's name to his parish and let the parish punish him.
(d) He wants her to bring the Priest flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel have in her hair in Chapter Twenty?

2. Where does Tomas initially flee when he leaves Argentina in 1976?

3. Who does Anibal tell Tomas he seemed to be the most upset over dying?

4. What does Tomas's mother ask him if he is doing too much of in Chapter Nineteen?

5. What is the name of the hospital Tomas visits in Chapter One?

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