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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?

2. Though the game is cruel, what does Alicia secretly enjoy?

3. What color is Alicia's dress as she peeps under her blindfold?

4. While doing political work, what did Alicia and her compatriots use?

5. After Graciela's arrest, what name does Alicia take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Argentine youth suppressed after the military takes over rule of the country?

2. Why do the prisoners suffer from constipation?

3. How does Alicia counteract her unwanted nickname?

4. Before the Little School, what problems did Alicia have with her nose?

5. Why have Alicia and her nose reconciled at the Little School?

6. What action does the coup spur young Alicia to take?

7. When told to slap Hugo in the face, what does Alicia do instead?

8. Why must Alicia stop trying telepathy?

9. Why does Alicia challenge the guard to an arm-wrestling match?

10. Who are Nestor and Mary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the prisoners are forced to endure physical torture, they must also endure psychological torture. How is psychological torture different from physical torture? Choose two instances of psychological torture to discuss. How effective is the psychological torture at the Little School? How do the prisoners deal with it?

Essay Topic 2

At the Little School, the prisoners were physically detained and bound, but the guards were more worried about their mental freedom. Why would that appear more dangerous than the prisoners' physical freedom? How does Alicia feel about being spiritually and mentally free? Discuss the different physical and mental restraints at the Little School. How does Alicia attempt to overcome such restraints?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alicia's tooth.

1) As a young girl, how did Alicia damage her tooth? What was her mother's reaction?

2) Upon receiving a replacement tooth, how did Alicia's life change?

3) What happens to her tooth at the Little School?

4) What do the tooth and the matchbox mean to Alicia?

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