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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs between Magda and Jaime at the dance?
(a) They get engaged.
(b) They reaffirm their love for each other.
(c) They kiss.
(d) They make up and remain friends.

2. What does Magda do to start realizing her new dream?
(a) She goes away to America.
(b) She enrolls in the University of Montevideo.
(c) She enrolls at Oxford.
(d) She says goodbye to Marco.

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

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

5. Where did Cora meet her boyfriend?
(a) At the synagogue.
(b) Marching with the sugar cane workers.
(c) A political rally.
(d) At school.

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

7. After Marco helps her escape, where is Magda taken?
(a) Mamasita's home.
(b) Emilia's home.
(c) Senora Francisca's home.
(d) Her father's home.

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

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

10. What happens to Dan Mitrione at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) He discovers Magda's connections with the Tupas.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He dies of a heart attack.
(d) He is tortured.

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

12. What does the taxi driver advise Magda to do?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Marry her true love.
(c) Marry Jaime anyway.
(d) Forget what she saw.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Magda hesitant in Chapter 13?

2. What happens when Marco visits Magda in Chapter 22?

3. How do both sides feel about the link between them?

4. What does Magda give up when she decides she cannot be with Jaime?

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

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