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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the duel, what picture is in the newspaper the next day?
(a) Jaime's dead body.
(b) The taxi driver running after Magda.
(c) Marco sneaking Magda away.
(d) Magda's bloodstained face.

3. For what occasion is Magda brought from her cell?
(a) Ramiro's funeral.
(b) Cora and Ramiro's wedding.
(c) Marco's funeral.
(d) The birth of Cora's child.

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when Emilia goes to Wentworth's home with Magda and Lilita?
(a) He offers to take Emilia out of the country.
(b) He proposes marriage to Emilia.
(c) He has Emilia arrested.
(d) He tries to get Emilia to turn Magda and Lilita in.

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

10. Why is Magda never physically harmed in prison?
(a) She fights the guards off.
(b) She is not important enough to interrogate.
(c) Marco uses his connections to keep her safe.
(d) Her father pays off the guards to leave her alone.

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

12. What is awaiting Marco when he returns to Montevideo?
(a) A promotion.
(b) His father's anger.
(c) Torture and arrest.
(d) Death.

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

14. What is Raquel's problem with her potential marriage?
(a) She can marry for love or to help her family.
(b) She is pregnant with another man's child.
(c) She does not like men.
(d) She is not in love with her boyfriend.

15. What makes Magda hesitant in Chapter 13?
(a) Jaime's marriage proposal.
(b) Carnival.
(c) Marco's marriage proposal.
(d) Visiting Gabriela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cora's condition in Chapter 16, according to Ramiro?

2. What is the link between the government and the Tupas?

3. Who drives Magda and Lilita home in Chapter 19?

4. What classes does Magda take at university?

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

(see the answer keys)

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