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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, why do Isabel, Gustavo, Nerea, and Tito go into hiding?
(a) They are wanted for selling drugs.
(b) They are wanted for killing the Priest.
(c) They are wanted for fleeing the country.
(d) They are wanted for bombing the train station.

2. What does Isabel say is the only thing she agrees with her mother on regarding Tomas?
(a) He should eat more.
(b) He should treat himself better.
(c) He is too sensitive.
(d) He is too angry.

3. What does Isabel show Tomas especially when he comes to her house?
(a) The cat.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The tiles.
(d) The linden tree.

4. Where do the Montoneros set off a bomb in July?
(a) The Plata Cordales.
(b) Automotores.
(c) The Sit Site.
(d) The Coordinacion Federal.

5. What is one device Tomas routinely uses to bring prisoners back from the brink of death?
(a) The defibrillator.
(b) The syringe.
(c) The ventilator.
(d) The oxygen mask.

6. What does Anibal ask Tomas to do for him in Chapter Fifteen that is unusual?
(a) Bring him a book.
(b) Make him a sandwich.
(c) Bring him a gun.
(d) Make him a new uniform.

7. How does Tomas behave during his mother's visit?
(a) He is completely numb.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is tense and surly.
(d) He is very sad.

8. Which party does Ricardo Alberto Gaya work for?
(a) The Red Hens.
(b) The Perons.
(c) The Socialist Friends.
(d) The Workers' Revolutionary Party.

9. Who asks for a transfer to another facility in the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Rubio.
(b) Triste.
(c) The Priest.
(d) The Gringo.

10. When does Anibal tell Tomas to come back to work in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Never.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

11. What does Tomas's mother ask him if he is doing too much of in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Eating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Walking.
(d) Sleeping.

12. In Chapter Twelve, what does Isabel tell Tomas he should do concerning her?
(a) Make sure she gets out of Argentina safely.
(b) Lie to Pichuca for her.
(c) Run as far away from her as he can.
(d) Marry her.

13. Why does Elizabeth want her old cell back?
(a) It has a shower.
(b) It has a water fountain.
(c) It has cutains.
(d) It has a hole she can use as a toilet, so she will not have to call a guard to take her.

14. What does Anibal call the injections Tomas gives to the prisoners?
(a) Candies.
(b) Death shots.
(c) Vaccinations.
(d) Poisons.

15. Who takes Pichuca and Tomas to Isabel's house in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) Triste.
(c) The Gringo.
(d) Felipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Tomas do with Elizabeth?

2. What does Tomas tell Elizabeth he might be able to arrange for her?

3. Where does Isabel ask Tomas to get a job so he can spy for the Montoneros in Chapter Ten?

4. What address does Tomas see on Isabel's house?

5. In Chapter Fifteen, what game do the Colonel and Tomas play together?

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