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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Raul?
(a) Maria Elena's boyfriend.
(b) Graciela's husband.
(c) Hugo's brother.
(d) Alicia's husband.

2. To whom is the book dedicated?
(a) Alicia's brother Daniel.
(b) Alicia's daughter.
(c) Alicia's sister Daniella.
(d) Alicia's mother and father.

3. How often is Alicia allowed to see herself in a mirror?
(a) Every twenty days.
(b) Every five days.
(c) Every ten days.
(d) Every thirty days.

4. What idea do Loro and Bruja force on the prisoners for their entertainment?
(a) The "little love."
(b) The "little monster."
(c) The "little train."
(d) The "little book."

5. What does Alicia pass to Benja?
(a) She passes her quince jam.
(b) She passes her extra blanket.
(c) She passes her slipper.
(d) She passes her leftover cheese and bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alicia when she is captured?

2. About how many Argentines "disappeared" between 1976 and 1979?

3. What is the guards' euphemism for death and burial?

4. What kind of dress does Graciela wear?

5. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Graciela assigned to walk around the table?

2. How did Alicia's name figure into her political work?

3. After she is taken, what does Alicia realize about her flight to Mary and Nestor's house?

4. What is a military coup?

5. Why do Alicia and Vasca find the plastic daisy so ludicrous?

6. Why does Alicia realize the music from the radio is not being played for her birthday?

7. How does Graciela feel about her unborn child?

8. Why is Alicia surprised when the military police come for her?

9. Before the Little School, what problems did Alicia have with her nose?

10. Why have Alicia and her nose reconciled at the Little School?

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