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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 121 - 180).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Colonel call the place he and Tomas find themselves in in Chapter Five?
(a) Hades, Argentina.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The Gate.
(d) The Netherworld.

2. Who is Tomas's wife?
(a) Claire.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Pichuca.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. What does the Colonel ask Tomas in Chapter Nine that alarms him?
(a) Where his siblings are.
(b) Why he is so poor.
(c) Why he lives in a big house that it seems he can not really afford.
(d) Why he does not have more friends his own age.

4. Where does Isabel remember experiencing great freedom on a visit to America?
(a) In Idaho.
(b) At a big concert.
(c) At the National Parks.
(d) At the NYU dorms.

5. What is the one topic in Tomas's and Claire's relationship in which he resists?
(a) The topic of divorce.
(b) The topic of travel.
(c) The topic of having children.
(d) The topic of spending money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pichuca tell Tomas he may have just before she dies?

2. Which party does Ricardo Alberto Gaya work for?

3. What does Isabel tell Tomas when he tells her his work at Automotores is going to break him?

4. Which cafe did the Colonel used to like to take Tomas to?

5. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?

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