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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 Anibal call the injections Tomas gives to the prisoners?
(a) Candies.
(b) Vaccinations.
(c) Death shots.
(d) Poisons.

2. What does Tomas tell Elizabeth he might be able to arrange for her?
(a) A shower.
(b) An extra pair of socks.
(c) A cake.
(d) A new dress.

3. When is one of the longest weeks of Tomas's life?
(a) His first week working at the cemetery.
(b) His first at Automotores.
(c) His first in Buenos Aires.
(d) His second at the grill.

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

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 a shower.
(c) It has cutains.
(d) It has a water fountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Anibal tell Tomas to come back to work in Chapter Nineteen?

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

3. What is Pichuca upset about in Chapter Seventeen?

4. How does Tomas try to find Elizabeth in New York?

5. Which prisoner do the men at Automotores repeatedly rape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Tomas's mother getting increasingly worried about him in Buenos Aires in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?

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

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

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