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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. One day upon catching sight of Maria Elena, what does Alicia create?
(a) A blanket house.
(b) A paiting.
(c) A bread sculpture.
(d) A poem.

2. After spraying and threatening the prisoners with a gun, what does Vaca give them?
(a) Money.
(b) Photos of their families.
(c) Toothbrushes and toothpaste.
(d) Shampoo and conditioner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which guard allows them to disregard Bruja's order?

2. What does the shadow of life wear on her shoulders?

3. When she saw the dog on the roof, what did Ruth do?

4. Though Chiche went to the university, what has he become?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Gendarme Nacional?

5. What does Alicia say is the only thing certain in their lives other than bread?

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

7. Why does Alicia make the bread balls?

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

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

10. What does the denim jacket mean to Alicia?

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