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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. Where was The School of the Americas once located?

2. What is the one topic in Tomas's and Claire's relationship in which he resists?

3. Who looks at Tomas with loathing all the time?

4. Where does the Colonel tell Tomas one saves lives?

5. What does Tomas's mother ask him if he is doing too much of in Chapter Nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter Fifteen, why is Tomas particularly nervous when Anibal calls him into his office?

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

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. In Chapter Seventeen, why is Pichuca very worried?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How do Tomas's feelings upon seeing the Gringo outside of the old Automotores building affect Tomas? What does Tomas's reaction to the Gringo tell the reader about his experiences at the Automotores? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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