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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has become affiliated with the Tupamaros by Chapter 17?
(a) Senora Francisca.
(b) Emilia.
(c) Cora.
(d) Lilita.

2. What does Magda do with the blood and sweat that creeps into her cell?
(a) She soaks it up with toilet paper.
(b) She soaks it up with her clothing.
(c) She washes it away.
(d) She ignores it.

3. How does Magda retain her sanity during her months of captivity?
(a) She prays.
(b) She forces herself to play games with her mind.
(c) She recites her lines for the play she was supposed to be in.
(d) She begs to see Marco.

4. How does Mitrione finally die?
(a) He is drowned.
(b) He starves to death.
(c) He is hanged.
(d) He is executed with two shots to the head.

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

6. What does Marco tell Magda about Uruguay?
(a) The beautiful countryside.
(b) The political unrest.
(c) How the Tupamaros have taken over.
(d) How America has invaded their country.

7. Who is captured at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Lilita.
(b) Ramiro.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Senora Francisca.

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

9. 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 breaks up with him.
(c) She gets pregnant on purpose.
(d) She elopes with him.

10. What does Magda give up when she decides she cannot be with Jaime?
(a) Studying in America.
(b) Studying in Africa.
(c) Studying in Europe.
(d) Studying in Asia.

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

12. Why did Mitrione kidnap beggars?
(a) He believed the beggars ran the Tupas.
(b) He was using them for torture experiments.
(c) He was trying to turn them into soldiers.
(d) He was trying to help them by getting them off the streets.

13. How does Emilia prove to the Tupas that she can be trusted?
(a) She tells them Marco sent her.
(b) She tells them she is Magda's friend.
(c) She drops her mother's name.
(d) She shows her scars.

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

15. What does Marco look forward to?
(a) Marrying his girlfriend.
(b) Visiting America.
(c) Watching Magda marry Jaime.
(d) Magda's return to Uruguay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Tupas taking a hostage?

2. What is awaiting Marco when he returns to Montevideo?

3. Who dies as a result of the challenge?

4. What happens in Uruguay during Magda's absence?

5. What position does Magda take with the USIS?

(see the answer keys)

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