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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 strange tactic does Alicia try to get in touch with her family?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) Messages in bottles.
(c) Homing pigeons.
(d) Writing in the dirt.

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

3. By the time she is offered her third shower, how long has Alicia been at the Little School?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Four months.

4. How does Alicia feel about her allergies?
(a) She feels they are equally advantageous and disadvantageous.
(b) She is completely indifferent.
(c) She feels they are a complete disadvantage.
(d) She feels they are a complete advantage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times around the table did the doctor prescribe?

2. What does Alicia refuse to do, though directly commanded by Loro and Peine?

3. When the visitor promises her a treat, what room is Alicia staying in?

4. To whom is the book dedicated?

5. Which prisoner thinks they are getting privileges as a tactic to break them into cooperation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a military coup?

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

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

5. What is the "little train"?

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

7. Why do the guards begin granting the prisoners privileges?

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

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

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

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