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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marco look forward to?
(a) Marrying his girlfriend.
(b) Magda's return to Uruguay.
(c) Visiting America.
(d) Watching Magda marry Jaime.

2. What is one of Gabriela's talents?
(a) Palm reading.
(b) Water witching.
(c) Predicting the future for herself.
(d) Reading tea leaves.

3. What does Jaime want from Magda's mother?
(a) The family ranch.
(b) Magda's hand in marriage.
(c) The family fortune.
(d) A visa to the United States.

4. After Marco helps her escape, where is Magda taken?
(a) Senora Francisca's home.
(b) Her father's home.
(c) Emilia's home.
(d) Mamasita's home.

5. What do the three women presented with relationship problems choose to do?
(a) All but Cora choose security.
(b) They all choose security over love.
(c) All but Emilia choose security.
(d) They all choose love over security.

6. Who is captured at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Ramiro.
(b) Senora Francisca.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Lilita.

7. What is the purpose of the Tupas taking a hostage?
(a) They will force the government release some of the Tupas.
(b) They will try to convert the hostage to their side.
(c) They will kill the hostage for the safety of many.
(d) They will send the hostage to a country from which there is no return.

8. Who drives Magda and Lilita home in Chapter 19?
(a) Jaime.
(b) Gabriela.
(c) Marco.
(d) The taxi driver from the day of the duel.

9. What is Cora's fate at the end of the book?
(a) She has disappeared.
(b) She has left the country.
(c) She drowned herself.
(d) She is still in prison.

10. What happens to Emilia in prison?
(a) She is treated kindly.
(b) She is beaten and tortured.
(c) She is forced to sign false confessions.
(d) She is completely isolated.

11. Where does Mamasita take Magda to help her recover from the tragedy?
(a) Caupolican.
(b) America.
(c) The Cerro.
(d) England.

12. Who is discovered to have been killed by Mitrione?
(a) Jaime.
(b) Marco.
(c) Gabriela.
(d) Josefa.

13. What does Magda admit to Marco in Chapter 19?
(a) Her hatred for her family.
(b) Her connections with the Tupas.
(c) Her guilt over Jaime's death.
(d) Her love for him.

14. How does Emilia prove to the Tupas that she can be trusted?
(a) She shows her scars.
(b) She tells them Marco sent her.
(c) She drops her mother's name.
(d) She tells them she is Magda's friend.

15. What is Marco's goal?
(a) He wants the Tupas to move to another country.
(b) He wants to dissolve the government.
(c) He wants to dissolve the Tupas.
(d) He wants the government and the Tupas to come together peacefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Emilia demand from Magda and her mother?

2. How do both sides feel about the link between them?

3. What happens to Dan Mitrione at the beginning of Chapter 18?

4. What does Magda do with the blood and sweat that creeps into her cell?

5. Who helps Magda deal with her guilt over Mitrione?

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