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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Tomas's first love?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Pichuca.
(d) Frienda.

2. Who is the Colonel's wife?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Pichuca.
(d) Nerea.

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

4. Who does Tomas come back to Argentina to see?
(a) Nerea.
(b) Riley.
(c) Triste.
(d) Pichuca.

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

6. Who is the Colonel?
(a) Felipe Gorlero.
(b) Anibal Risto.
(c) Christobal Norla.
(d) Herima Rodano.

7. At the end of Chapter One, who is Tomas shocked to see outside the hospital?
(a) His mother.
(b) Nerea.
(c) Isabel.
(d) The Colonel.

8. Who is the American businessman the Colonel likes to associate with?
(a) Riley.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Miller.
(d) Rosario.

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

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

11. Where does Isabel remember experiencing great freedom on a visit to America?
(a) In Idaho.
(b) At the NYU dorms.
(c) At a big concert.
(d) At the National Parks.

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

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

14. What does the Colonel ask Tomas in Chapter Nine that alarms him?
(a) Why he does not have more friends his own age.
(b) Why he lives in a big house that it seems he can not really afford.
(c) Why he is so poor.
(d) Where his siblings are.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a signature dish in Argentina?

2. Who meets Tomas at Automotores?

3. Who is Tomas's wife?

4. What does Tomas do with Isabel and then feel guilty about afterwards in Chapter Three?

5. What does Isabel teach Flor how to do for the first time?

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