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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 Chamame claim he allowed Graciela to do?
(a) Take a walk outside.
(b) Write a letter to her family.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Use the guards' restroom.

2. One day when she is not hungry, what does Alicia do instead with her bread?
(a) She feeds some birds.
(b) She rolls it into balls.
(c) She plays a game with Vasca.
(d) She throws it at the guards.

3. On the afternoon of April 13, what does Alicia see in the hallway on her way to the bathroom?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Prisoners' feet.
(c) Blood spots.
(d) Discarded paper.

4. What was the first time Alicia used the term "senor"?
(a) She wanted another blanket.
(b) She wanted to write a letter.
(c) She had to go to the bathroom.
(d) She needed her blindfold tightened.

5. How long has it been since to two women have been able to talk?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Six hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the prisoners required to address the guards?

3. One day while calling for "Senor," what unexpected sound does Alicia hear next to her bed?

4. What person are Graciela and the guards waiting for?

5. How many children did Maria and Nestor have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the prisoners hate the word "Senor"?

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

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

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

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

8. On what list are Graciela and Raul listed?

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

10. How do the prisoners communicate with the bread?

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