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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Roberto heard?
(a) That the President has been shot.
(b) That Gerardo is moving to Buenas Aires.
(c) That Gerardo has been appointed to the Investigating commission.
(d) That Paulina and Gerardo are divorcing.

2. Who will preside over the trials?
(a) Judges, who were also presiding over courts during the dictatorship.
(b) A trial judge from the United States.
(c) A people's rights group.
(d) Three lawyers who are coming out of exile.

3. What does the character in #1's answer grab when hearing a car?
(a) A pair of binoculars.
(b) A gun.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Dinner out of the oven.

4. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?
(a) No one invites the driver inside.
(b) Gerardo Escobar.
(c) Paulina Salas.
(d) The grandmother.

5. How does Paulina feel about the possibility of these people going to trial?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paulina pretend when Gerardo comes back in the room?

2. What does Roberto suggest that Gerardo will have on his hands soon?

3. Why did Gerardo lie to Paulina about the commission position?

4. Where is Paulina's mother going?

5. What would be an accurate word to describe Paulina's past?

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