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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Felix's nickname?
2. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?
3. Where does Tomas move when he gets to America for the first time?
4. Who has the quietest personality of the group of torturers at Automotores?
5. What does the Colonel call Tomas?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Tomas see outside the hospital in Chapter Two that he is shocked to see, and why?
2. How does Tomas's mother feel about him moving from La Plata to Buenos Aires?
3. Why does Tomas go back to Argentina in Part I after a decade out of the country?
4. In Chapter Eight, what happens in Argentina that makes things much more dangerous for most everyday citizens?
5. What does the Colonel tell Tomas when he says he does not recognize some of the scenery on their journey?
6. What does Pichuca tell Tomas he may have a chance at?
7. In Chapter Eight, why does Isabel say she thinks she and Tomas are such good friends?
8. Where does Isabel take Tomas in Chapter Seven, on one of their first outings in Buenos Aires?
9. Where does Tomas first meet the Colonel when Tomas returns to Argentina after a long absence?
10. What does Isabel often call Tomas as a term of affection, and what does it mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Tomas end up feeling about his own survival and the fact of his complicity in the government's/junta's torture regime? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Loedel describe Tomas's own experience of torture, and how does this description differ from his earlier renderings of the torturing of prisoners? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What role does jealousy play in Tomas's actions and attitudes involving Isabel throughout the book? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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