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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emilia agree to go to the speech?

2. Who stops Magda when she goes for help during the riot?

3. What is always in view of the girls?

4. How do Magda and Emilia spy on Cora?

5. Where do Magda and Emilia go to feel safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization does Magda have about her future while recovering from Jaime's death?

2. How is Montevideo described in Chapter 2?

3. What is significant about Senora Francisca having a bare house?

4. Why is Emilia so furious at her mother and Magda?

5. Why does Wentworth have Emilia arrested?

6. What marks Senor Ruben as respectable in the eyes of the community?

7. What is significant about Marco and Magda's correspondence?

8. How has Gabriela changed in the years since Magda has visited her house? How has she stayed the same?

9. Why is Gabriela murdered?

10. What is Senora Francisca's reaction to the news that her husband has a mistress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. and Mrs. Allenberg fear that their daughter will face persecution for her religion as they did in Europe during World War II. Discuss the author's method of introducing the most infamous genocide in history to the story that takes place in Uruguay. Be sure to discuss the following points:

1) The similarities between the Uruguayan government and the regime that persecuted the Jewish people.

2) What the aim of each government is in their actions.

3) The willingness or unwillingness of other citizens to let the persecution continue.

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following topics to write about, using examples from the text to support your arguments.

1) The secondary subplot of Cora and how it fills in the gaps of Magda's story.

2) Gabriela's use of mysticism and how it connects her more fully to the people around her.

3) Josefa's story of the moon and mate and how it relates to the main story.

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the following topics to write about:

1) The use of religion in the story.

2) The desire of the younger people to go the United States.

3) The transition of the Tupamaros into a more violent organization.

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