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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. Where does Tomas move when he gets to America for the first time?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta.

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

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

4. How does Tomas remember Isabel's body?
(a) As being quite overweight.
(b) As being of average build.
(c) As being lush and curvaceous.
(d) As being very thin.

5. What does Tomas end up doing for a living in America?
(a) Doing accounting work.
(b) Medical translations.
(c) Practicing law.
(d) Practicing medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel tell Tomas he need never be with the Colonel?

2. Who does Tomas ask to buy marijuana from?

3. What is a signature dish in Argentina?

4. What was Felix's nickname?

5. What does Tomas remember is amplified when one is hooded?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Isabel tell Tomas about her political activities in Chapter Nine?

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

4. What does Pichuca tell Tomas he may have a chance at?

5. What does the Colonel tell Tomas about regret?

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

7. How do the Colonel and Tomas first meet?

8. How does Tomas's mother feel about him moving from La Plata to Buenos Aires?

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

10. What does Isabel often call Tomas as a term of affection, and what does it mean?

(see the answer keys)

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