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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of intelligent does the Colonel say that Tomas is?
2. What does the Colonel tell Tomas has "gone by the wayside" in Chapter Fifteen?
3. Why does Anibal tell Tomas to tell the Colonel Anibal is impressed with Tomas?
4. Who is the other guard on duty with Tomas the night of the escape?
5. Who did Tomas's mother once tell him Peron had offered asylum to?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Fifteen, why is Tomas particularly nervous when Anibal calls him into his office?
2. In Chapter Fifteen, what is Tomas's "promotion" at the Automotores?
3. What does Tomas do for Gustavo in Chapter Ten?
4. What does Gustavo tell Tomas and Pichuca to do on the drive to his house with Isabel?
5. What does Tomas recall about his mother's death?
6. What does Isabel show Tomas in the shed behind her house?
7. What does the Colonel tell Tomas about some of the most terrible torturers at Automotores?
8. In Chapter Seventeen, why is Pichuca very worried?
9. What would happen to prisoners who needed a defibrillator if Tomas was on his days off?
10. Why does Tomas feel especially sorry for Elizabeth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Loedel's own family history, as he describes it in the afterword, inform his writing of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How do Tomas's feelings upon seeing the Gringo outside of the old Automotores building affect Tomas? What does Tomas's reaction to the Gringo tell the reader about his experiences at the Automotores? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Tomas end up feeling about his own survival and the fact of his complicity in the government's/junta's torture regime? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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