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

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

3. As a night guard, what does Pato usually do?
(a) He drinks booze and falls asleep.
(b) He waked them every hour.
(c) He sneaks them water.
(d) He takes them extra times to the latrine.

4. What is the official status of the inmates at the Little School?
(a) Dead.
(b) Incarcerated.
(c) Expatriots.
(d) Disappeared.

5. What is Patichoti's nickname for Alicia?
(a) Darling.
(b) Skinny.
(c) Babe.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her third shower, what does her escort guard do?

2. What did Graciela and Raul want to do before they were captured?

3. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?

4. After Graciela's arrest, what name does Alicia take?

5. What worries Alicia the day after her experiment as she wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thought causes Alicia to stop being amused at Patichoti's jokes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why are Argentine youth suppressed after the military takes over rule of the country?

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

9. Who are Nestor and Mary?

10. Why do the prisoners suffer from constipation?

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