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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7, Telepathy, Graciela: Around the Table.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concession have the guards made for the pregnant woman?
(a) She is allowed to write letters to home.
(b) She is allowed to use their bathroom.
(c) She is allowed multiple trips to the latrine.
(d) She is allowed to eat more.

2. What strange tactic does Alicia try to get in touch with her family?
(a) Messages in bottles.
(b) Writing in the dirt.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Homing pigeons.

3. What does Alicia worry about when her communication method does not work?
(a) She worries that the rain has washed away her writing.
(b) She worries that her messages have not gotten through.
(c) She worries that her pigeons are dead.
(d) She worries that her mind's eye is blind as well.

4. Why is the prisoner being assigned exercise around the table?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her legs are atrophying.
(c) She is politically important.
(d) It is a specially designed torture.

5. Why does Alicia arm-wrestle Abuelo?
(a) She is trying to keep him from beating Benja.
(b) She is going insane with boredom.
(c) She knows he cannot touch her.
(d) She is feeling competitive and knows she can win.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, when has the protagonist always thought the police would come for her?

2. By the time she is offered her third shower, how long has Alicia been at the Little School?

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

4. What picture introduces each chapter of the book?

5. What letters does Partnoy read on the house when she arrives at the Little School?

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