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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendices 1-2: Cases of the Disappeared at the Little School, Descriptions of the Guards at the Little School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One day when she is not hungry, what does Alicia do instead with her bread?
(a) She plays a game with Vasca.
(b) She feeds some birds.
(c) She rolls it into balls.
(d) She throws it at the guards.

2. Why does the guard turn on the radio?
(a) He makes a show of telling the prisoners his favorite song is on.
(b) As a treat for the prisoners.
(c) As a celebration for Alicia's birthday.
(d) To cover up the screams from the torture room.

3. Who had Alicia missed at the Little School by several days?
(a) Chiche.
(b) Nestor and Mary.
(c) Benja.
(d) Maria Elena.

4. When she was captured, what did the guards do to Graciela?
(a) They shaved her head.
(b) They used an electric prod on her abdomen.
(c) They did not let her use the restroom.
(d) They made her take prenatal vitamins.

5. How many times a day are the prisoners allowed to relieve themselves?
(a) One.
(b) Two or three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four or five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the prisoners required to address the guards?

2. Which guard does Graciela ask about Raul?

3. What does the name "Patichoti" mean?

4. Whose face is Alicia desperately trying to recall?

5. In what year was Alicia Partnoy born?

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