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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. What does Alicia specifically not want from God?
(a) She does not want to denounce her faith.
(b) She does not want her daughter to be taken.
(c) She does not want to become a martyr.
(d) She does not want her husband to be taken.

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

3. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?
(a) She can touch her feet to his hands.
(b) She can touch her cheek to his forehead.
(c) She can touch her hands to his feet.
(d) She can tough her back to his back.

4. How does Alicia detect the guard is still in the room, though he tries to fool her into thinking he has left?
(a) She can smell his cigarette smoke.
(b) She has not heard the door shut.
(c) She can see his feet through her blindfold.
(d) He did not say goodbye.

5. On one very hot afternoon, what does Bruja force the prisoners to do?
(a) Sit in the latrine for hours.
(b) Lie unmoving on the floor.
(c) Run blindfolded in the hot sun.
(d) Lie facedown on their beds with their heads under blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which guard allows the prisoners to talk?

2. Who was the most senior of the "Senors"?

3. Why does Alicia arm-wrestle Abuelo?

4. What physical problem had Alicia's nose caused her in the past?

5. In the Little School, who calls Alicia by her name?

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