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

2. What song does the Colonel start singing in Chapter Five that unsettles Tomas?
(a) My Way.
(b) Memories.
(c) Dancing Queen.
(d) Go Your Own Way.

3. Where does Tomas first meet the Colonel on his trip back to Argentina?
(a) The church.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) His hotel.
(d) The morgue.

4. What does Isabel teach Flor how to do for the first time?
(a) Juggle.
(b) Speak English.
(c) Cook.
(d) Write her name.

5. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?
(a) Montoneros.
(b) Justice for All.
(c) Down With the Juntas.
(d) Homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tomas remember Isabel's body?

2. Who does Tomas come back to Argentina to see?

3. What was Tomas's nickname at Automotores?

4. What does Pichuca tell Tomas he may have just before she dies?

5. What musical group does Tomas almost exclusively listen to in Chapter Seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Colonel tell Tomas when he says he does not recognize some of the scenery on their journey?

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

4. How does Pichuca's family respond when Tomas asks about Isabel in Chapter Four?

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

6. What does Tomas think of Isabel's friend, Rodolfo?

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

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

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

10. What does the Colonel tell Tomas is possible in his wanderings through the underworld?

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