The Logo for Lesson 18 is a "Calavera"


Question MC 18-2. Correct. Here is the text reference (p 180/5):

In hollow phrases wrapped in journalistic hypocrisy, the press said that the executed prisoner died with great serenity. The reporters added that the last words of the culprit were these:

&laqno;Don't fire at my face», and that he pronounced these words with such authority that they seemed more like an order than a plea.

It seemed that the executioner's squad did their job well. Juan Pablo jerked forward, slipped, and fell with his face to the stars, without crumpling, lying straight out.

That's all the reporters saw. I saw more. I saw how in the glassy eyes of Juan Pablo two little diamond drops timidly grew and grew, and spread, as if they wanted to climb to the sky ... yes, two stars...