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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Magda and Emilia spy on Cora?
(a) They bribe the postman to tell them about her.
(b) They set up a mirror to reflect into Magda's room what Cora's house looks like.
(c) They watch her from the poinsettia tree.
(d) They watch her from Cora's own window.

2. Why is Senora Francisca not friendly with the other women?
(a) She is very reclusive.
(b) The other women find her to be haughty.
(c) She is very ill.
(d) She is not very wealthy.

3. Why does Emilia agree to go to the speech?
(a) She wants to see if her mother is being honest about her part in Che's visit.
(b) She wants to spend time with Marco.
(c) She has a crush on Che.
(d) She wants to keep an eye on Magda.

4. What is Josefa's relationship to Magda?
(a) She is the girl's maid.
(b) She is the girl's nurse.
(c) She is the girl's aunt.
(d) She is the girl's neighbor.

5. What is Marco convinced will happen at the speech?
(a) A riot.
(b) He will be murdered.
(c) The speaker will be arrested.
(d) He will be shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ethnicity of Magda's barrio?

2. What "makes brothers and sisters of all who drink it?"

3. What is Cora's religion?

4. What does the mysterious woman reveal to Senora Francisca?

5. What is Emilia's father's reaction to his wife's act?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marco unhappy that Magda wants to see Che speak?

2. How does Senora Francisca plan to support herself and her daughters? Why does she take this action?

3. What does the taxi driver say that helps Magda after Jaime's death, and why does it affect her?

4. Who is Basco?

5. What happens to Magda after she escapes the riot?

6. What realization does Magda make that has her joining the Tupamaros?

7. What sacrifice does Marco make in freeing Magda?

8. How did Magda's town get its name?

9. Why does Magda audition for Wentworth's play?

10. According to the letters from Jaime and Marco, what is happening in Uruguay?

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