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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 Isabel show Tomas in the shed of her house?
(a) The newspapers.
(b) The printing press.
(c) The money.
(d) The clothes she will sell.

2. Why is Tomas's mother increasingly worried about him in Chatper Ten?
(a) She saw someone being shot the other day.
(b) She hears terrible stories of people being snatched.
(c) She thinks he is failing in school.
(d) She thinks he does not have enough money.

3. In Chapter Twelve, what method of torture makes its first appearance at Automotores?
(a) The Slink Method.
(b) The Submarine Method.
(c) The Rack.
(d) The Plink Method.

4. What does the Colonel tell Tomas has "gone by the wayside" in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Fun.
(b) Family.
(c) Food.
(d) Integrity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is actually in the shots Tomas gives the prisoners?

2. Who is the other guard on duty with Tomas the night of the escape?

3. What does Tomas tell Elizabeth he might be able to arrange for her?

4. Where does Tomas meet Isabel in Chapter Seventeen?

5. What address does Tomas see on Isabel's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tomas feel about Gustavo?

5. What does the Colonel tell Tomas about some of the most terrible torturers at Automotores?

6. What does Tomas do in Chapter Seventeen that is a great risk to himself?

7. What does Tomas do for Gustavo in Chapter Ten?

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

9. What do Tomas's co-workers at Automotores call him, and why?

10. What does Gustavo tell Tomas and Pichuca to do on the drive to his house with Isabel?

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