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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Magda fearful of seeing Marco?
(a) She does not believe they are on the same side anymore.
(b) She is afraid that he is behind some of the government atrocities.
(c) She knows he will try to arrest her.
(d) Marco was friends with Dan Mitrione.

2. What is Marco's goal?
(a) He wants the Tupas to move to another country.
(b) He wants to dissolve the government.
(c) He wants the government and the Tupas to come together peacefully.
(d) He wants to dissolve the Tupas.

3. Who requests Magda's services within the USIS?
(a) Dan Mitrione.
(b) Che Guevara
(c) Marco.
(d) Juan Peron.

4. What evidence does Magda come across that supports what she overheard from her employer?
(a) Torture equipment.
(b) A dead body.
(c) False confessions.
(d) Photos from torture sessions.

5. What is Cora's condition in Chapter 16, according to Ramiro?
(a) Dissatisfied.
(b) Very sick.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Pregnant.

6. In Chapter 16, what does Magda decide to do with her life?
(a) She wants to run Caupolican.
(b) She wants to become a doctor in America.
(c) She wants to live abroad.
(d) She wants to start a family right away.

7. What is Cora's fate at the end of the book?
(a) She has left the country.
(b) She has disappeared.
(c) She is still in prison.
(d) She drowned herself.

8. What does Magda hear as she arrives for the challenge?
(a) People cheering.
(b) A woman screaming.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Jaime screaming for help.

9. In Chapter 20, what does Emilia demand from Magda and her mother?
(a) Why they let her grow attached to Peter Wentworth.
(b) The truth as to why she was arrested.
(c) Why the Tupas did not help her.
(d) Why they turned her in.

10. How do both sides feel about the link between them?
(a) Both sides are eager to negotiate.
(b) Neither side wants to negotiate, but they are working together.
(c) Both sides refuse to negotiate.
(d) Both sides refuse to acknowledge the negotiator.

11. What does Jaime do in one of his letters to Magda?
(a) Tell her about his deal with her mother.
(b) Propose marriage.
(c) Break up with her.
(d) Tell her Marco is not in love with her.

12. What keeps Marco safe during the tumultuous times?
(a) His father's military connections.
(b) His skills as a translator.
(c) His ties within the Tupamaros.
(d) His knowledge of the city.

13. What does Cora ultimately end up doing about her relationship with her boyfriend?
(a) She marries the man her parents want but keeps her boyfriend.
(b) She gets pregnant on purpose.
(c) She breaks up with him.
(d) She elopes with him.

14. What is the plan for the Tupas' next target?
(a) They are going to storm the embassy.
(b) They are going to kidnap Peter Wentworth.
(c) They are going assassinate Marco.
(d) They are going to kidnap the British ambassador.

15. What happens when Marco visits Magda in Chapter 22?
(a) He and Magda get married.
(b) He and Madga have a big fight.
(c) He and Magda break up.
(d) He and Magda make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is discovered to have been killed by Mitrione?

2. What is one of Gabriela's talents?

3. What happens when Emilia goes to Wentworth's home with Magda and Lilita?

4. Who has become affiliated with the Tupamaros by Chapter 17?

5. After Marco helps her escape, where is Magda taken?

(see the answer keys)

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