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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. What does Alicia feel is the only reliable thing in their days at the Little School?

2. Which guard's name means "cow"?

3. With whom was Graciela arrested?

4. On the afternoon of April 13, what does Alicia see in the hallway on her way to the bathroom?

5. How were Maria Elena and Benja killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the denim jacket mean to Alicia?

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

8. Why does Alicia make the bread balls?

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

10. What character trait helps Alicia get through many of her trials at the Little School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What symbolism is present in the work? Choose at least three symbols from anywhere in the work to discuss. Be specific about which symbols you are choosing and what you think they symbolize.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the different uses for bread at the Little School?

1) What does bread symbolize?

2) How do the prisoners use bread amongst themselves?

3) Why is bread so important to them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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