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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 book does Rodolfo ask Tomas if he has read?
2. What group does Isabel join?
3. Who has the quietest personality of the group of torturers at Automotores?
4. Who was nicknamed the Gringo?
5. In Chapter Nine, what does Isabel tell Tomas when he says he would like to get to know her more?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tomas feel about his living arrangements as a college student in Buenos Aires?
2. What does the Colonel tell Tomas about regret?
3. In Chapter Eight, why does Isabel say she thinks she and Tomas are such good friends?
4. Who does Tomas see outside the hospital in Chapter Two that he is shocked to see, and why?
5. In Chapter Nine, what does Tomas do while sleeping at the Colonel's house that he later feels guilty about?
6. What does Isabel ask Tomas in Chapter Three when he asks her if she knows what it would have meant to him to know she survived?
7. What does the Colonel tell Tomas is possible in his wanderings through the underworld?
8. What does Isabel often call Tomas as a term of affection, and what does it mean?
9. What good childhood memories does Tomas have of Isabel and Nerea?
10. What does Tomas think of Isabel's friend, Rodolfo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Tomas end up feeling about the Priest, and why does he eventually go so far as asking Isabel and the Montoneros to kill the Priest? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Why does it seem particularly difficult for Tomas to stand by and watch the deterioration of Elizabeth, the American prisoner? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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