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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2-3, Latrine, Birthday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alicia refuse to do, though directly commanded by Loro and Peine?
(a) She refuses to stop talking.
(b) She refuses to use the latrine.
(c) She refuses to slap Hugo in the face.
(d) She refuses to talk about her daughter.

2. What treat was Alicia promised for her birthday?
(a) A cheeseburger.
(b) A letter from her daughter.
(c) A visit with her husband.
(d) A soda.

3. Who is Chiche?
(a) He is the General.
(b) He is a shift supervisor.
(c) He is Maria Elena's husband.
(d) He is Alicia's husband.

4. What is the official status of the inmates at the Little School?
(a) Incarcerated.
(b) Dead.
(c) Expatriots.
(d) Disappeared.

5. When the visitor promises her a treat, what room is Alicia staying in?
(a) She is in the guards' bathroom.
(b) She is in the guards' quarters.
(c) She is in a room for prisoners with bad behavior who refuse to collaborate.
(d) She is in the sunroom, directly across from the torture room.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the book dedicated?

2. What is Patichoti's nickname for Alicia?

3. Why does the game end as quickly as it begins?

4. About how many Argentines "disappeared" between 1976 and 1979?

5. As a teenager, with what political movement was Partnoy involved?

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