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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tomas meet Isabel in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The cafe.
(c) The park.
(d) The bar.

2. What does Isabel show Tomas especially when he comes to her house?
(a) The cat.
(b) The tiles.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The linden tree.

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

4. Where does Isabel ask Tomas to get a job so he can spy for the Montoneros in Chapter Ten?
(a) The detention center where torture is carried out.
(b) Peron's former office.
(c) The cafe where all the Colonels eat.
(d) The office of operations that the junta uses.

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

6. When does Anibal tell Tomas to come back to work in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Never.

7. In Chapter Fifteen, what game do the Colonel and Tomas play together?
(a) Poker.
(b) Chess.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Bridge.

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

9. What does the Priest call Tomas in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Hermano.
(b) Baludo.
(c) Hijito.
(d) Chicito.

10. When is one of the longest weeks of Tomas's life?
(a) His second at the grill.
(b) His first at Automotores.
(c) His first in Buenos Aires.
(d) His first week working at the cemetery.

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

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

13. What is actually in the shots Tomas gives the prisoners?
(a) Poison.
(b) A sedative that makes them easier to transport to their deaths.
(c) Vaccines.
(d) Saline.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nerea's boyfriend?

2. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Tomas do with Elizabeth?

3. What does Tomas always call his mother?

4. What does Anibal call the injections Tomas gives to the prisoners?

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

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