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

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

3. Who is forced to walk around the table, again and again for days on end?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Benja.
(c) Vasca.
(d) Graciela.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the guards' nickname for Alicia?

2. What idea do Loro and Bruja force on the prisoners for their entertainment?

3. Why is the prisoner being assigned exercise around the table?

4. What does Alicia worry about when her communication method does not work?

5. For what medicine must Alicia ask the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the guards call Alicia "Death"?

2. Later, what does Alicia learn about the usefulness of aliases?

3. How does Graciela feel about her unborn child?

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

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

6. Why does Alicia challenge the guard to an arm-wrestling match?

7. After waking from a nap about her daughter, what does Alicia discover about herself?

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

9. What does Alicia do to try and comfort Benja?

10. How was Graciela and Raul's relationship before the Little School?

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