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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17, Forms of Address, Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One day while calling for "Senor," what unexpected sound does Alicia hear next to her bed?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) A dog barking.
(d) A song from the radio.

2. What does Viejo do when Alicia asks him to use the restroom?
(a) He tells her to go back to sleep.
(b) He takes her to the guards' bathroom.
(c) He brings her a can.
(d) He takes her to the latrine.

3. Why was Alicia forced to seek shelter once at Nestor and Mary's house?
(a) She was being watched by the government.
(b) Her uncle had been kidnapped.
(c) She got caught in an electrical storm.
(d) She and her husband had a fight.

4. What kind of treatment was Graciela given?
(a) She was exiled.
(b) She was blinded.
(c) She was deprived of medicine.
(d) She was tortured.

5. Between what hours was Alicia on guard at Nestor and Mary's house?
(a) Between 3pm and 7pm.
(b) Between 12am and 6am.
(c) Between 12pm and 5pm.
(d) Between 2am and 4am.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alicia detect the guard is still in the room, though he tries to fool her into thinking he has left?

2. When the new prisoners arrive, what does Alicia do?

3. What evening was Zulma "Vasca" Izurieta taken to be killed?

4. As a child, what were the subjects of Alicia's poems?

5. What was the one thing Nestor and Mary could not convince Alica of?

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