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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Montoneros set off a bomb in July?
(a) Automotores.
(b) The Sit Site.
(c) The Coordinacion Federal.
(d) The Plata Cordales.

2. Who is Isabel's boyfriend in Chapter Ten?
(a) Marone.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Carlitos.
(d) Felipe.

3. What does not feel as precious to Tomas any longer in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Love.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Grass.
(d) Time.

4. What does the Priest prize that Tomas does at Automotores?
(a) Praying.
(b) Cleaning work.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

5. What does Tomas's mother ask him if he is doing too much of in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Walking.
(d) Sleeping.

6. Who is the supervisor of the detention and interrogation center Tomas works at?
(a) Rubio.
(b) The Centrist.
(c) Anibal Gordon.
(d) The Nun.

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

8. Which prisoner do the men at Automotores repeatedly rape?
(a) Freya.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Rila.

9. Who is the other guard on duty with Tomas the night of the escape?
(a) Rubio.
(b) Anibal.
(c) Triste.
(d) The Gringo.

10. What does Pichuca reveal about Nerea in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is getting her degree.
(d) She has fled the country.

11. In Chapter Eleven, what conversations with Claire does Tomas recall?
(a) The ones about his mother.
(b) The ones about his nightmares.
(c) The ones about his schooling.
(d) The ones about his cigarettes.

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

13. What is Pichuca upset about in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Isabel is missing.
(b) Tomas is missing.
(c) Nerea is missing.
(d) Gusatvo is missing.

14. Who takes Pichuca and Tomas to Isabel's house in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Triste.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Felipe.
(d) The Gringo.

15. Why does Elizabeth want her old cell back?
(a) It has a shower.
(b) It has cutains.
(c) It has a hole she can use as a toilet, so she will not have to call a guard to take her.
(d) It has a water fountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one device Tomas routinely uses to bring prisoners back from the brink of death?

2. What does the Colonel take particular pleasure in?

3. Who gets killed in the escape in Chapter Eighteen?

4. Who makes the best guerillas, according to Gustavo?

5. Where does the Colonel tell Tomas one saves lives?

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