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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What secret of Marco's is finally revealed in Chapter 20?
(a) He was behind Gabriela's murder.
(b) He is the negotiator.
(c) He set Dan Mitrione up to be kidnapped.
(d) He is the mastermind behind the Tupas.

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

7. What do the three women presented with relationship problems choose to do?
(a) All but Cora choose security.
(b) They all choose security over love.
(c) They all choose love over security.
(d) All but Emilia choose security.

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

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

10. Who drives Magda and Lilita home in Chapter 19?
(a) Marco.
(b) Jaime.
(c) The taxi driver from the day of the duel.
(d) Gabriela.

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

12. What does Magda admit to Marco in Chapter 19?
(a) Her guilt over Jaime's death.
(b) Her love for him.
(c) Her connections with the Tupas.
(d) Her hatred for her family.

13. What movie do Marco and Magda plan to see together?
(a) "Help!"
(b) "Yellow Submarine."
(c) "A Hard Day's Night."
(d) "Let It Be."

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

15. To whom do Cora's parents attempt to engage their daughter?
(a) A Jewish soldier.
(b) A Jewish doctor.
(c) A Jewish lawyer.
(d) A Jewish government worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaime do in one of his letters to Magda?

2. What is Cora's fate at the end of the book?

3. What evidence does Magda come across that supports what she overheard from her employer?

4. What position does Magda take with the USIS?

5. What occurs between Magda and Jaime at the dance?

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