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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 old were Carlos and Hugo when they were arrested?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 16.
(d) 30.

2. What does she suggest to Maria Elena to help her sleep?
(a) Eating.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Telepathy.

3. What happened to Graciela's son?
(a) He was given to one of the interrogators.
(b) He was returned to Graciela and Raul.
(c) He was killed by the guards.
(d) He was given to an orphanage.

4. What happened to Alicia while waiting her turn to brush her teeth?
(a) She was tortured.
(b) She fainted.
(c) She was beaten.
(d) She was told to shower.

5. How does she describe her heart after the raindrop hits her?
(a) Like day-old bread in water.
(b) Like expansion foam in the sun.
(c) Like rubber in July.
(d) Like a sponge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which guard's name means "cow"?

2. What poem does Alicia recite for Vasca?

3. What does Alicia feel is the only reliable thing in their days at the Little School?

4. After the big rain, what animal did the guard bring into the prisoners' room?

5. What does Alicia's husband answer when Chiche asks why they became subversives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the guards' choice of Chinese water torture ridiculous?

2. What happened to the son Graciela bore at the Little School?

3. What does water do for Alicia in Beauty Treatment?

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

5. Why does Alicia make the bread balls?

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

7. Why were high school students taken prisoner at the Little School?

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

9. What does the denim jacket mean to Alicia?

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

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