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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the only things allowed to pass from the US to Cuba during the 1960s trade freeze?
(a) Sugar and Food.
(b) Food and Medicine.
(c) Oil and Sugar.
(d) Medicine and Oil.

2. How long before the Presidential elections did Che enter Escambray?
(a) Three months.
(b) One month.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two months.

3. In what month of the year were full diplomatic relations between Cuba and Russia announced?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) August.

4. Which of the following countries did Che NOT visit during his campaign for trade?
(a) Japan.
(b) England.
(c) Egypt.
(d) India.

5. Who was elected President in the 1958 Cuban Presidential election?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Rivero Agüero.
(c) Fulgencio Batista.
(d) Che Guevara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Che react when he heard the news that Masetti's Argentine guerrillas had been captured and killed?

2. How did Che's family react when they visited him in Havana and saw the way he handled his power?

3. According to Che's letters to his family, how many years did he plan on being away from them, dedicated to his fighting?

4. How did Che respond when Hilda wrote to request to come to Cuba to be by his side?

5. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, where was the US storing their bombs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made the Congolese rebel fighters different from the Cuban rebel fighters Che was used to working with?

2. What happened when Che had a terrible asthma attack while setting up a new camp near Manzanillo?

3. Why was Che forced to leave Cuba for three months following Castro's rise to power?

4. Who was Alexandr Alexiev?

5. Who was Aleida March?

6. How did the US respond to the news that the Soviet Union had opened trade agreements with Cuba?

7. What was "The Appeal to the Cuban People"?

8. Why were executions commonplace in Castro's army?

9. What happened when Castro's army attempted to overtake the city of Cienfuegos?

10. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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