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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 travel to in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) La Plata.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Villa Hora.

2. Where was The School of the Americas once located?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Panama.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Columbia.

3. What is Pichuca upset about in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Tomas is missing.
(b) Isabel is missing.
(c) Gusatvo is missing.
(d) Nerea is missing.

4. What is Tomas hoping Anibal might do for him in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Fire him.
(b) Give him a raise.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Kill him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes the best guerillas, according to Gustavo?

2. What does Isabel tell Tomas when he tells her his work at Automotores is going to break him?

3. Who ran The School of the Americas?

4. What does Tomas remember contemplating in Rome?

5. In Chapter Eleven, what conversations with Claire does Tomas recall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Isabel ask Tomas to try to get a job in Chapter Ten?

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

3. What does Isabel show Tomas in the shed behind her house?

4. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?

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

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

7. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Tomas learn about the Colonel that could hurt the Colonel's position in the army if others knew about it?

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

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

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

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