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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 do the prisoners have to do after they brush their teeth?
(a) They have to change beds.
(b) They wash their faces in the guards' bathroom.
(c) They receive dental appointments.
(d) They spit into a can.

2. The day Alicia sleeps for eighteen hours, what trip does she miss?
(a) The trip to the torture room.
(b) The trip to the latrine.
(c) The exercise trip.
(d) The trip to the lunch room.

3. Through her telepathy experiment, of what fact is Alicia certain, though she cannot know?
(a) She is certain that one of her grandfathers has died.
(b) She is certain that the revolution has begun.
(c) She is certain that her husband is dead.
(d) She is certain that her daughter is captured.

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

5. What shoes does the protagonist wear during the beginning of her stay at the Little School?
(a) High heels that are too small.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Swim fins.
(d) Mismatched house slippers, one with a plastic daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does she perceive the drip cans to be making?

2. What do the prisoners use when they "dry clean" their hands?

3. What was the first time Alicia used the term "senor"?

4. What kind of treatment was Graciela given?

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

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