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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 picture introduces each chapter of the book?
(a) A picture of the Little School.
(b) A picture of a plastic daisy.
(c) A picture of a baby.
(d) A picture of a blindfolded woman.

2. How long has it been since to two women have been able to talk?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Five days.
(c) Six hours.
(d) Two days.

3. After Graciela's arrest, what name does Alicia take?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Ana.
(c) Anita.
(d) Rosa.

4. In the Little School, who calls Alicia by her name?
(a) Vasca.
(b) Carlos.
(c) The guards.
(d) Rosa.

5. Why is Benja thus nicknamed?
(a) He is trying to keep the guards from calling him his true name.
(b) He detests his full name.
(c) It was is final alias.
(d) He is the youngest of the group, like Benjamin in the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what ceremony did Alicia participate, reading the Bible?

2. What does eating the bread remind the prisoner of?

3. What is the official status of the inmates at the Little School?

4. What does the protagonist notice on the floor by her bed?

5. Why does Alicia arm-wrestle Abuelo?

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