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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 would Valentin like from Marta?

2. What does Valentin receive while he is in the prison within this scene?

3. Who wants Valentin to leave the movement?

4. What does Valentin say about constantly escaping reality through movies - it can become a ______.

5. What is Molina's prisoner number?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the new movie Molina wants to share with Valentin?

2. What happens when Valentin has a bad attack of diarrhea?

3. What happens to the race car driver in the beginning of the new story Molina starts?

4. What is the Warden's new plan to learn more about Valentin's comrades?

5. What happens just as Leni is about to hand over information about her German boyfriend?

6. What does the letter Valentin receives reveal to him?

7. Why does the man end up in the hospital in the movie story?

8. What happens to the first wife of the man in the story?

9. Who helps to rescue the young woman from the zombie woman?

10. Describe Leni and what happens to her in the beginning of the new movie story.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Molina and Valentin could not be more different, it seems. These two cell mates are locked up with each other for six months, so they will have no other choice but to get to know each other quite well.

Part 1: How are Molina and Valentin similar?

Part 2: How are Molina and Valentin dissimilar?

Part 3: If Molina and Valentin met each other on the street, would they be able to talk as they do in this story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

While Molina is revealed to be a homosexual, it is interesting that he does not show any interest in fighting for his own rights.

Part 1: Why do you think Puig decided to make the character of Molina a homosexual? What might be the reasoning?

Part 2: Why doesn't Molina want to fight for his rights? What reasons might he have for staying quiet?

Part 3: Do you think Molina's view of activism for himself has changed at the end of the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Women do not seem to play a large role in the story, being relegated only to the maternal role and to the person Valentin continues his fight for.

Part 1: Who are the female characters in this story? What is their relationship to the main characters of the dialogue?

Part 2: Do the female characters seem stronger or weaker than the male characters? Why did you choose the answer you did?

Part 3: What does Puig seem to be saying about the female gender?

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