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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5, My Names, Benja's First Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization involved the mothers of disappeared people?
(a) The Mothers of Plazo de Mayo.
(b) Lost and Found Argentina.
(c) The Mothers for Peron Politics.
(d) The Mothers Without Answers.

2. Which prisoner thinks they are getting privileges as a tactic to break them into cooperation?
(a) Maria Elena.
(b) Benja.
(c) Patichoti.
(d) Vasca.

3. Why does Alicia arm-wrestle Abuelo?
(a) She is trying to keep him from beating Benja.
(b) She knows he cannot touch her.
(c) She is going insane with boredom.
(d) She is feeling competitive and knows she can win.

4. Who is Chiche?
(a) He is Alicia's husband.
(b) He is the General.
(c) He is a shift supervisor.
(d) He is Maria Elena's husband.

5. What does Partnoy do to oppose the new military regime?
(a) She lobbies for aid from other countries.
(b) She produces and distributes pamphlets.
(c) She confronts the General.
(d) She organizes strikes and raids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of treatment was Graciela given?

2. How can Alicia touch Benja in his position?

3. As a teenager, with what political movement was Partnoy involved?

4. What does her husband do when he is tortured?

5. About how many Argentines "disappeared" between 1976 and 1979?

(see the answer key)

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