Waiting for Snow in Havana - Confessions of a Cuban Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Carlos Eire
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Waiting for Snow in Havana - Confessions of a Cuban Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Carlos Eire
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do most of the men who are in the car in Chapter 26 die?
(a) In the Bay of Pigs invasion.
(b) By a firing squad after the militia stops the car.
(c) Of old age.
(d) Of pneumonia.

2. What holiday is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Cinco de Mayo.
(d) Easter.

3. Who is driving the car discussed in Chapter 26?
(a) Miguelito.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Fernando.

4. What holiday is the Nieto family celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) The Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
(b) Michaelmas.
(c) The Feast of Saint Anne.
(d) Christmas.

5. In which theater is Carlos watching a movie in the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) The Tandy.
(b) Cinema 8.
(c) Miramar Theater.
(d) The Roxy.

6. What does Carlos say to the priest at the end of his confession?
(a) "Amen."
(b) "See you again soon, Father."
(c) "Thank you, Father."
(d) "God bless you, Father."

7. Who is invariably present at birthday parties?
(a) The children's mothers.
(b) The priest.
(c) A balloon artist.
(d) A clown.

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

9. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?
(a) Father Christmas.
(b) Santicló.
(c) Papá Noel.
(d) Saint Nick.

10. According to the students in Chapter 4, where did Adam and Eve live?
(a) Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Mesopotamia.

11. According to Chapter 4, which people always read dirty magazines?
(a) Postal workers.
(b) Street vendors.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Chauffeurs.

12. Where does Carlos get milkshakes in Havana?
(a) Dairy Freeze.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Dairy Queen.
(d) Tropicream.

13. Who developed the concept of Gelassenheit?
(a) Marx.
(b) Kant.
(c) Meister Eckhart.
(d) Heigel.

14. To what sin is Carlos especially prone, as described in Chapter 14?
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Lying.
(c) Theft.
(d) Gluttony.

15. A diorama of which place fills Carlos's dining room?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Bethlehem.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 22, what does Carlos always ask the soldiers he sees?

2. What is the Spanish word for disillusionment?

3. Of what nationality is the hot dog man in Carlos's neighborhood?

4. In Chapter 10, where does Carlos state he would like to be buried?

5. Who is the first actor mentioned in Chapter 23?

(see the answer keys)

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