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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 did the guards attempt to clean after giving the toothbrushes?
(a) They de-loused the entire room.
(b) They changed all the mattresses.
(c) They mended the blankets.
(d) They rinsed the floor with pine-scented cleaning fluid.

2. Which of these guards was a shift supervisor?
(a) Vaca.
(b) Viejo.
(c) Abuelo.
(d) Chiche.

3. Who is in labor?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Maria Elena.
(c) Vasca.
(d) Graciela.

4. On one very hot afternoon, what does Bruja force the prisoners to do?
(a) Sit in the latrine for hours.
(b) Lie facedown on their beds with their heads under blankets.
(c) Run blindfolded in the hot sun.
(d) Lie unmoving on the floor.

5. What does eating the bread remind the prisoner of?
(a) It reminds them of their fight.
(b) It reminds them of the guards.
(c) It reminds them of their spouses.
(d) It reminds them of their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. After spraying and threatening the prisoners with a gun, what does Vaca give them?

2. What does she suggest to Maria Elena to help her sleep?

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

4. What poster is on the wall of the bathroom?

5. What meal did Alicia cook on the day she and her husband were arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the prisoners communicate with the bread?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Alicia when the raindrop falls on her forehead?

10. What does Vaca do just before he brings the prisoners the toothbrushes?

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