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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 is Pichuca upset about in Chapter Seventeen?

2. Why does Anibal tell Tomas to tell the Colonel Anibal is impressed with Tomas?

3. In Chapter Twelve, what method of torture makes its first appearance at Automotores?

4. What does Tomas always call his mother?

5. Who does Tomas tell the Priest taught him how to clean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is one major problem Tomas's wife Claire has confronted him about, which he recalls in Chapter 10?

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

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

10. What does Isabel show Tomas in the shed behind her house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

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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