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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political group does Tomas realize Isabel has become part of in Chapter Seven?
(a) The Hervos.
(b) The Elitists.
(c) The Peronists.
(d) The Militarists.

2. What does the Colonel tell Tomas he need never be with the Colonel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Amorous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Reticent.

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

4. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?
(a) Homeland.
(b) Justice for All.
(c) Montoneros.
(d) Down With the Juntas.

5. How does Tomas remember Isabel's body?
(a) As being very thin.
(b) As being lush and curvaceous.
(c) As being quite overweight.
(d) As being of average build.

6. 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) He he got hungry overnight.
(c) If he had trouble sleeping.
(d) If he heard the storm overnight.

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

8. What does the Colonel give Tomas for protection in 1976?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A knife.
(d) A can of mace.

9. Who is the only housemate Tomas really ends up speaking to in Buenos Aires?
(a) Nerea.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Helene.
(d) James.

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

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

12. Who does Tomas ask to buy marijuana from?
(a) James.
(b) Rodolfo.
(c) Nerea.
(d) Beatriz.

13. Where does Tomas initially flee when he leaves Argentina in 1976?
(a) Canada.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Rome.

14. Who does Tomas arrange for the Colonel to invite for dinner?
(a) Nerea and Isabel.
(b) Cecilia and Nerea.
(c) Amy and Elizabeth.
(d) Pichuca and Cecilia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Tomas return to Argentina?

2. Who is Tomas's wife?

3. Who meets Tomas at Automotores?

4. What did the Priest used to call the torture room?

5. At the end of Chapter One, who is Tomas shocked to see outside the hospital?

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