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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the coup happen in Argentina?
(a) April 1980.
(b) March 1976.
(c) July 1978.
(d) January 1975.

2. What is the name of the hospital Tomas visits in Chapter One?
(a) Aleman.
(b) Frienda.
(c) Rellenos.
(d) Riende.

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

4. Where did Tomas's father's parents originally come from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Columbia.
(d) America.

5. What was Rodrigo Atral's nickname?
(a) The Blonde Angel of Death.
(b) The Morgue Man.
(c) The Killer.
(d) The Sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel call Tomas?

2. What is a signature dish in Argentina?

3. What does Mercedes ask Tomas over breakfast in Chapter Nine that makes him worry she heard him moving around the house late at night?

4. What book does Rodolfo ask Tomas if he has read?

5. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Tomas first meet the Colonel when Tomas returns to Argentina after a long absence?

2. What does Tomas do when he leaves Argentina in 1976 that damages his future relationships?

3. Where does Isabel take Tomas in Chapter Seven, on one of their first outings in Buenos Aires?

4. Who does Tomas see outside the hospital in Chapter Two that he is shocked to see, and why?

5. What does Isabel ask Tomas in Chapter Three when he asks her if she knows what it would have meant to him to know she survived?

6. In Chapter Eight, why does Isabel say she thinks she and Tomas are such good friends?

7. What does the Colonel tell Tomas about regret?

8. Why does Tomas go back to Argentina in Part I after a decade out of the country?

9. What good childhood memories does Tomas have of Isabel and Nerea?

10. In Chapter Nine, what does Tomas do while sleeping at the Colonel's house that he later feels guilty about?

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