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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 does Tomas always call his mother?

2. What does Anibal ask Tomas to do for him in Chapter Fifteen that is unusual?

3. What does Anibal call the injections Tomas gives to the prisoners?

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

5. What does the Colonel take particular pleasure in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Loedel establishes and maintains a sense of suspense throughout this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Loedel describe Tomas's own experience of torture, and how does this description differ from his earlier renderings of the torturing of prisoners? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tomas's early discovery of the treatment of prisoners at the ESMA (Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada) in the automotores building change his own behavior and his mental health? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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