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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On one very hot afternoon, what does Bruja force the prisoners to do?
(a) Lie unmoving on the floor.
(b) Run blindfolded in the hot sun.
(c) Lie facedown on their beds with their heads under blankets.
(d) Sit in the latrine for hours.

2. Which guard allows them to disregard Bruja's order?
(a) Viejo.
(b) Vaca.
(c) Peine.
(d) Abuelo.

3. With whom is Maria Elena in love?
(a) Benja.
(b) Raul.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Juan Pablo.

4. Which guard allows the prisoners to talk?
(a) Chamame.
(b) Viejo.
(c) Abuelo.
(d) Vaca.

5. What happens to Alicia after she is caught talking?
(a) The guards try Chinese water torture on her.
(b) The guards chain her to the latrine.
(c) The guards allow her to take a shower.
(d) The guards take her outside in the rain.

6. How do Alicia and her husband communicate when he is brought to her room?
(a) They crack their knuckles.
(b) They use sign language.
(c) They speak in code.
(d) They click their tongues.

7. When she saw the dog on the roof, what did Ruth do?
(a) She climbed the roof.
(b) She began to cry.
(c) She said "meow."
(d) She said "woof."

8. How does the denim jacket make Alicia feel?
(a) Ill.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Protected.
(d) Amused.

9. How many children did Maria and Nestor have?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

10. What does Chamame claim he allowed Graciela to do?
(a) Write a letter to her family.
(b) Take a shower.
(c) Take a walk outside.
(d) Use the guards' restroom.

11. When the new prisoners arrive, what does Alicia do?
(a) She distracts the guards to keep them safe.
(b) She tells them to keep their blindfolds tight.
(c) She recites a poem.
(d) She shares the leak over her bed.

12. Who did the denim jacket previously belong to?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Maria Elena.
(c) Vasca.
(d) Benja.

13. What does Alicia's mother brag that her children do?
(a) Daniel writes poems and Jaime illustrates them.
(b) Daniel writes poems and Alicia illustrates them.
(c) Alicia writes poems and Daniel illustrates them.
(d) Jaime writes poems and Daniel illustrates them.

14. Which guard's name means "old man"?
(a) Pato.
(b) Chiche.
(c) Viejo.
(d) Vaca.

15. In what year was Alicia Partnoy born?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose face is Alicia desperately trying to recall?

2. What does Alicia think she looks like?

3. Because of the leaks, whose bed is Alicia moved close to?

4. How did the guards attempt to clean after giving the toothbrushes?

5. What does the name "Patichoti" mean?

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