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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 do Alicia and her husband communicate when he is brought to her room?
(a) They use sign language.
(b) They click their tongues.
(c) They speak in code.
(d) They crack their knuckles.

2. After the big rain, what animal did the guard bring into the prisoners' room?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A bird.
(d) An iguana.

3. Why were the high school students taken to the Little School?
(a) They were out after curfew.
(b) They stole from a grocery store.
(c) They disobeyed their professor.
(d) They distributed pamphlets.

4. Before the rainstorm, how long had it been since she washed her hands?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 5 days.

5. When she saw the dog on the roof, what did Ruth do?
(a) She said "woof."
(b) She said "meow."
(c) She climbed the roof.
(d) She began to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom was Graciela arrested?

2. After her illegal move, how does Alicia feel?

3. Because of the leaks, whose bed is Alicia moved close to?

4. After the visitor leaves, where must the prisoners brush their teeth?

5. Which guard allows the prisoners to talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rosa has seen one of the guards' faces---what is he worried about?

2. On what list are Graciela and Raul listed?

3. While interrogating Alicia's husband, what do the guards think about the stream poem?

4. How can Alicia guess Vasca's mood each day?

5. What does the denim jacket mean to Alicia?

6. How does she feel while being punished by Peine?

7. What does Death take from the old man because She has an overcrowded carriage?

8. Why was Alicia suspicious of a newspaper report that surfaced claiming two couples were killed in a confrontation with the military in their area?

9. Why does Alicia make the bread balls?

10. What are the two fierce shadows of Alicia's poem?

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