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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 does Viejo do when Alicia asks him to use the restroom?
(a) He takes her to the guards' bathroom.
(b) He brings her a can.
(c) He takes her to the latrine.
(d) He tells her to go back to sleep.

2. Who was the most senior of the "Senors"?
(a) General Jaime Velasquez Rivera.
(b) Lt. General Jorge Rafael Videla.
(c) President Juan Peron.
(d) Lt. Juan Pablo Escobar.

3. What is the guard wearing over his face?
(a) A hood.
(b) A bandage.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A mask.

4. What beauty treatment is Alicia told to perform?
(a) She is told to cut her hair.
(b) She is told to shave her legs.
(c) She is told to wear perfume.
(d) She is told to put on makeup.

5. What poem does Alicia recite for Vasca?
(a) The poem about the mountain.
(b) The poem about her daughter.
(c) The poem about the stream.
(d) The poem about the guerrilla leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, what were the subjects of Alicia's poems?

2. In what year was Alicia Partnoy born?

3. Where does the raindrop hit on her body?

4. What has given the guard a headache?

5. What happens to Alicia after she is caught talking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Alicia and her husband placed side by side?

3. When a batch of new prisoners arrive, what is Alicia requested to do?

4. What happens to Alicia when the raindrop falls on her forehead?

5. What was Alicia on the early bus to the suburbs?

6. What is the subject of chapter 11, A Puzzle?

7. After the military visitor comes, where do the prisoners have to brush their teeth?

8. How does she feel when she is able to wash her hands with the leak?

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

10. What does the name "Patichoti" mean?

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