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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 address does Tomas see on Isabel's house?

2. How does Tomas behave during his mother's visit?

3. Why does Elizabeth want her old cell back?

4. When does Anibal tell Tomas to come back to work in Chapter Nineteen?

5. How does Tomas try to find Elizabeth in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tomas do in Chapter Seventeen that is a great risk to himself?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Tomas recall about his mother's death?

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

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

9. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?

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

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

Write an essay exploring Tomas's feelings for Isabel throughout the novel, analyzing how they change over time. Cite specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is strange about Tomas's first meeting with Isabel when he returns to Argentina after a decade of living in exile? When and how does Loedel reveal the true nature of Isabel's situation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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