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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gerardo say Paulina will do if Roberto does not confess?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Have Gerardo work him over with a billy club.
(c) Take him to the police.
(d) Cut out his tongue.

2. What does Paulina drag out of the guest bedroom?
(a) A body.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The small bedside table.
(d) A dead dog.

3. What does Roberto probably believe about the commission?
(a) That they will be hard-core.
(b) That they are just for show.
(c) That they will fail to carry out punishments.
(d) That they will be ineffective.

4. What does Gerardo confess to Paulina with some coaxing?
(a) That he isn't really angry about the car spare tire.
(b) That he has already accepted the offer of being on the commission.
(c) That he got the jack back already from his mother-in-law.
(d) That he is having an affair.

5. What are some of the things Paulina mentions that she endured during torture?
(a) Eating raw pork.
(b) Water-boarding.
(c) Electrocutions, rapes, near-drowning in feces.
(d) Handcuffed to a brick wall off the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roberto say he enjoys when his wife and children are away?

2. What does Gerardo ask of Paulina after she tells him that Roberto is the man who tortured her?

3. What does Gerardo say his wife fails to do?

4. What is Gerardo's response to Roberto's taunting him?

5. What happened to the car's jack?

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