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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. Which guard's name means "witch"?
(a) Loro.
(b) Chiche.
(c) Bruja.
(d) Vaca.

2. What evening was Zulma "Vasca" Izurieta taken to be killed?
(a) May 12, 1977.
(b) April 12, 1977.
(c) February 12, 1977.
(d) January 12, 1977.

3. When the new prisoners arrive, what does Alicia do?
(a) She recites a poem.
(b) She distracts the guards to keep them safe.
(c) She tells them to keep their blindfolds tight.
(d) She shares the leak over her bed.

4. With what does Vaca, a fat guard, spray the prisoners?
(a) Cleaning fluid.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Laundry detergent.
(d) Insecticide.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which guard's name means "old man"?

3. What did she do with the leaks from the roof?

4. Whose face is Alicia desperately trying to recall?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the bread help to give the prisoners strength?

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

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

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