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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. Who ran The School of the Americas?
(a) The Argentinian government.
(b) The Columbian government.
(c) The Bolivian government.
(d) The CIA.

2. What does Tomas remember contemplating in Rome?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Suicide.

3. Why does Tomas give Isabel the Priest's license plate number?
(a) He wants the Montoneros to kill him.
(b) He wants her to capture and torture the Priest.
(c) He wants her to give the Priest's name to his parish and let the parish punish him.
(d) He wants her to bring the Priest flowers.

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

5. What does Tomas always call his mother?
(a) Nilene.
(b) Ma.
(c) Mami.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looks at Tomas with loathing all the time?

2. What does Pichuca reveal about Nerea in Chapter Seventeen?

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

4. What school does the American in detention at Automotores go to?

5. Who does Anibal tell Tomas he seemed to be the most upset over dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Tomas tell Isabel about his first few weeks at Automotores?

2. What happens when Tomas's mother visits in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?

4. How does Tomas try to find Elizabeth when he gets to America?

5. What does Tomas recall about his mother's death?

6. In Chapter Fifteen, what is Tomas's "promotion" at the Automotores?

7. Why does Triste tell Tomas to speak to Gordo in Chapter Twelve?

8. Why does Tomas ask Isabel to arrange for the Priests's killing?

9. What substance does Tomas routinely administer by injection to prisoners, and why?

10. What job does the Colonel end up arranging for Tomas?

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