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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel teach Flor how to do for the first time?
(a) Cook.
(b) Speak English.
(c) Juggle.
(d) Write her name.

2. When does Tomas first move to Buenos Aires?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1967.

3. Where does Isabel take Tomas in Chapter Seven that surprises him?
(a) The bar.
(b) A fancy restaurant.
(c) The opera.
(d) A shantytown.

4. What does capuchita mean?
(a) Book.
(b) Little hood.
(c) Candle.
(d) Needle.

5. How could Tomas tell who was at work at Automotores before he saw the staff?
(a) By the smells.
(b) By listening for the radio.
(c) By whether the food truck was there or not.
(d) By whether the church bells were ringing or not.

6. What does Isabel call Tomas as a term of affection?
(a) Boludo.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Hermano.
(d) Mi amore.

7. What does Pichuca tell Tomas he may have just before she dies?
(a) A "do-over."
(b) A wedding.
(c) A chance at a big promotion.
(d) A child.

8. What does the Colonel call Tomas?
(a) Boludo.
(b) Sir.
(c) Tomasito.
(d) Hermano.

9. What composer does the Colonel particularly like?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Handel.
(c) Verdi.
(d) Gardel.

10. 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 heard the cat moving around.
(b) If he heard the storm overnight.
(c) If he had trouble sleeping.
(d) He he got hungry overnight.

11. What group does Isabel join?
(a) The junta.
(b) The Hermanos.
(c) The jiliads.
(d) Montoneros.

12. What does Tomas end up doing for a living in America?
(a) Doing accounting work.
(b) Practicing medicine.
(c) Practicing law.
(d) Medical translations.

13. What was Tomas's nickname at Automotores?
(a) The Gringo.
(b) Hermano.
(c) Triste.
(d) Verde.

14. What does the Colonel call the place he and Tomas find themselves in in Chapter Five?
(a) The Netherworld.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The Gate.
(d) Hades, Argentina.

15. Where does Tomas move when he gets to America for the first time?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Tomas's first love?

2. Who was nicknamed the Gringo?

3. Who is the Colonel's wife?

4. What political group does Tomas realize Isabel has become part of in Chapter Seven?

5. What does the Gringo tell Tomas he used to do with the prisoners after Tomas left Argentina?

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