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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, why do Isabel, Gustavo, Nerea, and Tito go into hiding?
(a) They are wanted for bombing the train station.
(b) They are wanted for selling drugs.
(c) They are wanted for fleeing the country.
(d) They are wanted for killing the Priest.

2. What school does the American in detention at Automotores go to?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of Ohio.

3. What kind of cups do Isabel and Tomas drink out of in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Clay.
(b) Cut crystal.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Styrofoam.

4. Who gets killed in the escape in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) The Gringo.
(b) Rubio.
(c) Anibal.
(d) A guard.

5. Who did Tomas's mother once tell him Peron had offered asylum to?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The Farmers.
(c) The Guerillas.
(d) The Communists.

6. Who fixes the radio at Automotores?
(a) Verde.
(b) Triste.
(c) The Gringo.
(d) Gordo.

7. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Tomas do with Elizabeth?
(a) Tells her jokes to try to cheer her up.
(b) Helps her escape.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Rapes her.

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

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

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

11. How does Tomas behave during his mother's visit?
(a) He is completely numb.
(b) He is very sad.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is tense and surly.

12. When does Tomas's mother insist on visiting in Chapter Eleven?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) December.

13. Why does Tomas's mother go home early from her visit to him?
(a) Tomas tells her he is leaving the country.
(b) Tomas tells her he left La Plata to get away from her.
(c) Tomas tells her he never wants to see her again.
(d) Tomas is not there to pick her up at the train station.

14. What does Isabel say is the only thing she agrees with her mother on regarding Tomas?
(a) He should eat more.
(b) He should treat himself better.
(c) He is too angry.
(d) He is too sensitive.

15. Where does the Colonel tell Tomas one saves lives?
(a) In heaven.
(b) In Columbia.
(c) In democracies.
(d) In life, not death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tomas say when Nerea asks him what he thinks of Isabel's boyfriend?

2. What does Isabel show Tomas in the shed of her house?

3. What does Tomas's mother ask him if he is doing too much of in Chapter Nineteen?

4. Who asks for a transfer to another facility in the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?

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

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