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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 did she do with the leaks from the roof?
(a) She started a water game with the others.
(b) She used them to wash her hands.
(c) She used them to take a shower.
(d) She used them for drinking water.

2. With what were Braco and Benja injected before they were moved?
(a) Water.
(b) Anesthesia.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Disease.

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

4. What does Alicia do when given extra bread and an apple?
(a) She eats them immediately.
(b) She refuses the extra food.
(c) She gives them away.
(d) She keeps them under her pillow.

5. As a child, what were the subjects of Alicia's poems?
(a) Mountains and oceans.
(b) Colors and numbers.
(c) Buildings and trains.
(d) Plants and birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the denim jacket make Alicia feel?

2. In what year was Alicia Partnoy born?

3. What does Chamame claim he allowed Graciela to do?

4. Which guard's name means "witch"?

5. What beauty treatment is Alicia told to perform?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the prisoners communicate with the bread?

7. What does the name "Patichoti" mean?

8. What happened to Alicia the first time she called for a "Senor"?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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