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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Carlos's youngest child?
(a) John-Carlos.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Juan.
(d) Bruno.

2. With what do Carlos and Tony strike an eighteenth-century cup in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A walnut.
(c) A breadfruit.
(d) A baseball.

3. How old is Carlos in the anecdote with which chapter 1 opens?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Jesus.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Fidel Castro.

5. What animal do Carlos and his friends try to send into space?
(a) A preying mantis.
(b) A dog.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A lizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the co-ed school to which Carlos transfers?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 22, Carlos's wife buys him a poster of which actress?

3. On what holiday does Chapter 20 begin?

4. Carlos notes in Chapter 1 that his Aunt Lucia had been what political figure in a previous life?

5. Who buys Carlos and Tony comic books each Wednesday?

(see the answer key)

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