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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another term for Automotores?
(a) The Chamber.
(b) El Jardin.
(c) The Light.
(d) Verde.

2. Who was nicknamed the Gringo?
(a) Carlitos.
(b) Tomas.
(c) Henry.
(d) James.

3. What does Tomas initially study in college?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Law.
(c) Art.
(d) Medicine.

4. What does the Gringo tell Tomas he used to do with the prisoners after Tomas left Argentina?
(a) Listen to soccer matches together.
(b) Eat lunch together.
(c) Read together.
(d) Listen to comedy shows on the radio together.

5. What does Tomas do with Isabel and then feel guilty about afterwards in Chapter Three?
(a) Takes her to visit the ocean and refuses to apologize to her.
(b) Takes her to the cemetery.
(c) Has sex.
(d) Takes her to see his own mother.

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

7. In what year does Tomas return to Argentina?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1945.

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

9. What book does Rodolfo ask Tomas if he has read?
(a) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(b) The Prince.
(c) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(d) The Snakehead.

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

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

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

13. Who is the Gringo doing a favor for in Chapter Five?
(a) Rubio.
(b) The Priest.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) His own mother.

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

15. Who is Pichuca's sister?
(a) Holina.
(b) Riena.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tomas's Americanized fake last name?

2. What is a signature dish in Argentina?

3. How could Tomas tell who was at work at Automotores before he saw the staff?

4. How many years does Tomas spend officially disappeared?

5. Who meets Tomas at Automotores?

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