Multiple Choice

10. Something like a tumor, or the opposite of a tumor: a child.

11. In your case, it’s a tumor.

A) 1–2 — 3–4 — 5–6 — 7–8 — 9 — 10 — 11

B) 1–2 — 3–4 — 5–6 — 7–8 — 9 — 10 — 11

C) 1–2 — 3–4 — 5–6 — 7–8 — 9 — 10 — 11

D) 1–2 — 3–4 — 5–6 — 7–8 — 9 — 10 — 11

E) 1–2 — 3–4 — 5–6 — 7–8 — 9 — 10 — 11

III. SENTENCE COMPLETION

In exercises 37 through 54, complete the sentence using the appropriate elements. Mark the answer that best fits the sentence.

37. the thousand amendments they’ve made to it, the Chilean Constitution of 1980 is a piece of shit.

A) After

B) Due to

C) In spite of

D) Thanks to

E) Notwithstanding

38. I often used to lie, I wore dark glasses.

A) but

B) though

C) so

D) but even so,

E) but only when

39. A lot of people want me dead, I’m not ill.

A)

but

that

B)

though

actually

C)

even though

gravely

D)

yet

even

E)

though

yet

40. Students go to university to, not to.

A)

study

think

B)

study

protest

C)

drink

think

D)

sleep

die

E)

buy

window-shop

41. And if they have any left, that’s what for.

A)

energy

sports are

B)

hope

reality is

C)

illusions

the void is

D)

dissent

the cops are

E)

neurons

crack cocaine is

42. What is impossible for is possible for.

A)

men

God

B)

men

women

C)

the right

the left

D)

Rebecca

Becky

E)

the poor

the rich

43. What is impossible for is possible for.

A)

my mom

my dad

B)

Pisces

Leo

C)

me

you

D)

McCartney

Lennon

E)

tomorrow

the day after tomorrow

44. If the within you grows, how deep is your!

A)

light

dark

darkness

B)

confusion

light

flashlight

C)

candor

lustful

schlong

D)

love

furious

divorce

E)

humor

bitter

book

45. If someone strikes you on the right, offer him the other as well.

A) cheek

B) week

C) wing

D) chord

E) time

46. I want to gather these words together, nothing makes any sense.

A) though

B) so that

C) even if

D) but

E) until

47. I seek words that appear in books.

A) sometimes

B) never

C) always

D) only

E) don’t even

48. You are not, you are not, you are not.

A)

good

bad

wrong

B)

wrong

right

here

C)

here

there

gone

D)

gone

around

mine

E)

mine

mine

mine

49. Last night I dreamed you were and I was and we were together.

A)

here

here

lying

B)

coming

coming

coming

C)

lost

lost

walking

D)

lost

not

not

E)

sick

dead

almost

50. Last night I dreamed you were a and I was a and we were together.

A)

dog

dog

barking

B)

leg

leg

dancing

C)

tooth

tooth

biting

D)

nun

priest

sleeping

E)

ghost

ghost

always

51. You were a bad son, you write.

You were a bad father, you write.

You are alone, you write.

A)

so

so

so

B)

of that

of that

of that

C)

but

but

but

D)

because

because

because

E)

and still

and still

and still

52. You were a bad son, so you write.

You were a bad father, so you write.

You are alone, so you write.

A)

letters

letters

letters

B)

novels

stories

poetry

C)

badly

badly

badly

D)

your will

your will

your will

E)

a lot

a lot

a lot

53. You were a bad son, but.

You were a bad father, but.

You are alone, but.

A) people vote for you

people vote for you

people vote for you

B) I love you

I love you

I love you

C) I’m not your father

I’m not your son

that’s not my problem

D) you know it

you know it

you know it

E) no one knows

no one knows

no one knows

54. You were a bad son, but.

You were a bad father, but.

You are alone, but.

A) you’re happy

you’re happy

you’re happy

B) it’s so hard to be a son

it’s so hard to be a father

we are all alone

C) a good soldier

a good Christian

Jesus is with you

D) your backhand is amazing

you lent me sixty bucks

man, you have a good time

E) your father died so long ago

your son died so long ago

you want to be alone

IV. SENTENCE ELIMINATION

In exercises 55 through 66, mark the answer that corresponds to the sentences or paragraphs that can be eliminated because they either do not add information or are unrelated to the rest of the text.

55.

(1) For years, no one came to visit my grave.

(2) I didn’t expect anyone to, if I’m being honest.

(3) But today a woman came and left me flowers.

(4) Four red roses, two pink ones, and one white.

(5) I don’t know who she is; I don’t remember ever having met her.

(6) I don’t think she knows I was a shitty person.

A) None

B) 2

C) 4

D) 5

E) 6

56.

(1) There are hamburgers in the refrigerator.

(2) There’s some lettuce and mustard, too.

(3) I went to the beach with the kids.

(4) It’s normal, they’re my kids too.

(5) I’m afraid of you.

(6) And they’re afraid of you too.

(7) And that, too, is normal.

A) None

B) 1 and 2

C) 2

D) 4

E) 7

57.

(1) A curfew is a regulation prohibiting free circulation in public within a determined area.

(2) It tends to be decreed in times of war or popular uprising.

(3) The dictatorship imposed one in Santiago, Chile, from September 11, 1973, until January 2, 1987.

(4) One summer evening my father went out walking with no destination in mind. It grew late, and he had to sleep at a friend’s house.

(5) They made love, she got pregnant, I was born.

A) None

B) 5

C) 1, 2, and 3

D) 4 and 5

E) 2

58.

(1) I didn’t want to talk about you, but it’s inevitable.

(2) I’m talking about you right now. And you’re reading this, and you know it’s about you.

(3) Now I am words that you read and wish did not exist.

(4) I hate you.

(5) You would like to have the power of a censor.

(6) So no one else would ever read these words.

(7) I hate you.