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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 ask of Paulina as she is talking about the above phrase?
(a) To go check out the meaning of the phrase on the internet.
(b) To not be so vulgar.
(c) To stop being irrelevant to the task at hand.
(d) To leave so he can continue to talk with Roberto.

2. What does Paulina pretend when Gerardo comes back in the room?
(a) That she is not feeling well.
(b) That she heard the two men's entire conversation.
(c) That she has been asleep.
(d) That Gerardo's sister had called.

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

4. What does Paulina talk about in the opening of this scene?
(a) Her inability to get a job after her time with Dr. Miranda.
(b) How she wants to move to the United States and get away from her past.
(c) The horrors she suffered at the hands of Dr. Miranda.
(d) How she wants to forgive Dr. Miranda but cannot.

5. What does Gerardo imply that Roberto has done?
(a) Assassinated the chief of police.
(b) Raped women tied to a cot.
(c) Performed human euthanesia.
(d) Gotten himself into this predicament by his actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person on the stage when the play opens?

2. What does Gerardo ask of Roberto concerning Paulina?

3. Why is Gerardo apologetic?

4. What happened to the car's jack?

5. Why does Gerardo leave Roberto at the end of the scene?

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