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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tomas and Pichuca's family spend summers together?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Rilena.
(c) Pinamar.
(d) Santiago.

2. Who is the Colonel's wife?
(a) Nerea.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Pichuca.

3. What does capuchita mean?
(a) Needle.
(b) Little hood.
(c) Book.
(d) Candle.

4. What does Isabel teach Flor how to do for the first time?
(a) Juggle.
(b) Cook.
(c) Write her name.
(d) Speak English.

5. What is a signature dish in Argentina?
(a) Rare steak.
(b) Green salsa.
(c) Sauteed brains.
(d) Fried pumpkin flowers.

6. What group does Isabel join?
(a) Montoneros.
(b) The Hermanos.
(c) The jiliads.
(d) The junta.

7. Who was Tomas's first love?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Frienda.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Pichuca.

8. What does Isabel write in graffiti on a wall in Chapter Eight?
(a) Justice for All.
(b) Montoneros.
(c) Down With the Juntas.
(d) Homeland.

9. 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 does not have more friends his own age.
(d) Why he lives in a big house that it seems he can not really afford.

10. Why does Isabel tell Tomas she thinks she and he are such good friends?
(a) They are attracted to each other.
(b) They have the same sense of humor.
(c) Their fathers loved each other.
(d) They are very different.

11. Where does Tomas first meet the Colonel on his trip back to Argentina?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) His hotel.
(c) The church.
(d) The morgue.

12. What composer does the Colonel particularly like?
(a) Handel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Verdi.
(d) Gardel.

13. What does the Colonel sometimes call Tomas in Part II?
(a) Carlitos.
(b) Joder.
(c) Hermano.
(d) Jesus.

14. What book does Rodolfo ask Tomas if he has read?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The Snakehead.
(c) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(d) One Hundred Years of Solitude.

15. What was Tomas's nickname at Automotores?
(a) Triste.
(b) Hermano.
(c) The Gringo.
(d) Verde.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Tomas at Automotores?

2. What town is Tomas originally from?

3. Why is Tomas upset with his wife Claire?

4. Who has the quietest personality of the group of torturers at Automotores?

5. What smell does Tomas associate with the Colonel?

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