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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. Why does Tomas give Isabel the Priest's license plate number?

2. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Tomas discover about the Colonel that is a secret?

3. Why does Tomas's mother go home early from her visit to him?

4. Where does Isabel ask Tomas to get a job so he can spy for the Montoneros in Chapter Ten?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter Seventeen, why is Pichuca very worried?

5. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?

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

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

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

9. What would happen to prisoners who needed a defibrillator if Tomas was on his days off?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the symbolic significance of chess in Tomas's and the Colonel's relationship.

Essay Topic 2

How does Tomas describe the actions and attitudes of everyday Argentinians who witness the brutality of the juntas? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Tomas think of Pichuca's cryptic message on her deathbed that he would get a "do-over?" What does this "do-over" end up consisting of? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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