The Truce (Form)
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ScribdTranslationsREADING CONTROL: THE TRUCE
Multiple choice section (20 questions, 3 points each)
What type of narrator does the story have?
1st person protagonist
1st person witness
3rd person witness
3rd person omniscient
How is the story of The Truce narrated?
In the form of a personal diary
In the form of news, like a newspaper
It is a prophecy
Start from the end and go backwards
Where and when does the story that is told in The Truce take place?
We are not told the location, but it is at the end of the eighties.
In Montevideo, in the early sixties
In Buenos Aires, in the early nineties
We are not given that data.
How old was Martín Santomé?
44 years
46 years
48 years
50 years
What are the relationships like between the members of the protagonist's family?
There is no communication between them
They hate each other
Filled with love
They tell each other everything and are very understanding of one another.
Who was Martín Santomé's favorite son?
White
Jaime
Mario
Esteban
What was Avellaneda's first name?
Isabel
White
Maria
Laura
What does Martín fear will happen when he retires?
May every day be lonely
That your children do not go to eat with him anymore.
That I don't have more weekends to wait for
All of the above
Martín realizes that he likes Avellaneda.
When she invites him for a coffee
When he dreams of her
When the boyfriend looks for her at work
When compared to Isabel
Once they start their relationship, Martín and Avellaneda decide:
Tell everyone in the office
Only tell your family
Not saying anything for fear that they would fire Avellaneda
Do not say anything about the age difference.
Jaime is leaving the house
Because she is going to live with her boyfriend
Because Martín throws him out
Because he/she doesn't want the family's reproaches
Because I get a job abroad
Who knew about the relationship between Santomé and Avellaneda?
White
Esteban
Jaime
Laura's father
Why doesn't Avellaneda go to the apartment one day?
Why she got back together with her ex-boyfriend
Because she broke up with Martín
Because I was at work
Because he/she felt like he/she had the flu.
Starting from Avellaneda's absence that day, Martín decides:
Propose marriage
Never see her again
Threaten her with a weapon
Fire her from the job
Under what circumstances does Avellaneda die?
Tuberculosis
An attack with a weapon
A heart attack
Cancer
How does Martín write about Avellaneda's death in the diary?
"I killed her because she was mine"
My God, My God
His uncle called me to tell me he had died.
Today I was informed by the hospital that Avellaneda has died.
What did Martín Santomé find in the drawers of his office on his last day of work?
A photo of Isabel
An offer to be promoted to Manager
A notebook from Avellaneda
A farewell card from your colleagues
What was Avellaneda's father working in?
Tailor
Clerk
Journalist
Doctor
Avellaneda's mother recognizes Martín for:
The physical description that his daughter had made.
The name
The sadness when you find a photo of her
None of the above
The duration of the story is approximately:
Six months
One year
Three years
Twenty years
True and False (10 questions, 2 points each)
Martín was a young clerk in an accounting office.
F
Martín Santomé was an older man who was waiting for his retirement.
V
Laura caused quite a sensation when she arrived at the office.
F
Martin's life was routine and monotonous.
V
Esteban was Martín's favorite son; he often talked with him.
F
The first time Martín meets Avellaneda outside the office, he invites her to
have a coffee, but she asks him to leave it for another day.
V
Blanca had a confrontation with her brother Jaime because she discovers that he is gay.
V
Blanca gets jealous of Avellaneda and wants to separate her from her father.
F
Only Avellaneda's mother finds out about her relationship with Martin's daughter.
F
Martin was always in love with his wife and could not forget her.
F
Development questions section (4 questions, 5pts each)
Why is this story called The Truce? Justify with the reasons provided by
Martin.
Explain two reasons that caused an internal conflict in Martín when considering a
relationship with Avellaneda.
Explain the circumstances in which Martín and Avellaneda meet and relate.