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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. Why is this day different?

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

3. With whom was Graciela arrested?

4. What happens to Alicia after she is caught talking?

5. What does eating the bread remind the prisoner of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Rosa has seen one of the guards' faces---what is he worried about?

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

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

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

7. What does water do for Alicia in Beauty Treatment?

8. How does the bread help to give the prisoners strength?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What coping mechanisms do the prisoners use to deal with their incarceration at the Little School? Examine the following characters' coping mechanisms:

1) Alicia.

2) Graciela.

3) Patichoti.

4) Alicia's husband.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Benja's first night. How does Alicia know him? How does Maria Elena know him? What are the guards doing to him? How does Alicia try to help him? How do they others try to help him? What insights do Alicia's attempts at aiding Benja give into her character?

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