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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After her illegal move, how does Alicia feel?
(a) She is exhilerated, heart beating fast.
(b) She is broken with stress.
(c) She is terrified.
(d) She is ecstatic and does it again.

2. Which of these guards was a shift supervisor?
(a) Vaca.
(b) Chiche.
(c) Viejo.
(d) Abuelo.

3. Which guard allows the prisoners to talk?
(a) Abuelo.
(b) Vaca.
(c) Viejo.
(d) Chamame.

4. What meal did Alicia cook on the day she and her husband were arrested?
(a) Chili.
(b) Lasagna.
(c) Churros and chocolate.
(d) Meatballs.

5. What does Rosa say when the guard asks if she will shoot him?
(a) She says she will walk away from him.
(b) She says she will give him flowers.
(c) She says she will buy him coffee.
(d) She says she will shoot him.

6. With whom is Maria Elena in love?
(a) Benja.
(b) Juan Pablo.
(c) Raul.
(d) Hugo.

7. What does one guard do when Alicia asks him for water?
(a) He hits her with a rubber stick.
(b) He puts a knife to her neck and forces her to kiss him.
(c) He dumps water all over her bed.
(d) He takes her to the torture room.

8. Why were the high school students taken to the Little School?
(a) They disobeyed their professor.
(b) They distributed pamphlets.
(c) They stole from a grocery store.
(d) They were out after curfew.

9. Who did the denim jacket previously belong to?
(a) Vasca.
(b) Benja.
(c) Maria Elena.
(d) Hugo.

10. When she saw the dog on the roof, what did Ruth do?
(a) She began to cry.
(b) She said "meow."
(c) She said "woof."
(d) She climbed the roof.

11. In what year was Alicia Partnoy born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1955.

12. How do Alicia and her husband communicate when he is brought to her room?
(a) They use sign language.
(b) They speak in code.
(c) They crack their knuckles.
(d) They click their tongues.

13. Which guard's name means "cow"?
(a) Chiche.
(b) Abuelo.
(c) Loro.
(d) Vaca.

14. After the visitor leaves, where must the prisoners brush their teeth?
(a) In the torture room.
(b) In the guards' bathroom.
(c) In their room.
(d) In the backyard.

15. How does she describe her heart after the raindrop hits her?
(a) Like day-old bread in water.
(b) Like rubber in July.
(c) Like a sponge.
(d) Like expansion foam in the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Alicia while waiting her turn to brush her teeth?

2. What has given the guard a headache?

3. What do the prisoners have to do after they brush their teeth?

4. On one very hot afternoon, what does Bruja force the prisoners to do?

5. Who was the most senior of the "Senors"?

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