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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. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?
(a) She can tough her back to his back.
(b) She can touch her feet to his hands.
(c) She can touch her cheek to his forehead.
(d) She can touch her hands to his feet.

2. As a teenager, with what political movement was Partnoy involved?
(a) Peronism.
(b) Stalinism.
(c) Fidelism.
(d) Socialism.

3. What is the guards' excuse for giving the prisoners treats?
(a) They feel sorry for the malnourished prisoners.
(b) For holidays and birthdays.
(c) They want them to confess so they give them treats as incentive.
(d) To celebrate the capture of new prisoners.

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

5. From what condition did most of the prisoners suffer?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Loss of hearing.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Constipation.

Short Answer Questions

1. While doing political work, what did Alicia and her compatriots use?

2. Between what hours was Alicia on guard at Nestor and Mary's house?

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

4. What was the one thing Nestor and Mary could not convince Alica of?

5. What racial association does Alicia have for her nose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Nestor and Mary?

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

3. What action does the coup spur young Alicia to take?

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

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

6. What is the "little train"?

7. Why isn't Alicia frightened when Chiche threatens to make soap out of her?

8. What is Alicia's main goal for attempting telepathy?

9. How does Alicia counteract her unwanted nickname?

10. What does it mean to be "disappeared"?

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