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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Spanish word for disillusionment?
(a) Ejecución.
(b) Desengaño.
(c) Camiseta.
(d) Cohete.

2. What is the name of Carlos's nanny?
(a) Nilda.
(b) Maria.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Inocencia.

3. Of what nationality is the hot dog man in Carlos's neighborhood?
(a) Cuban.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Jamaican.
(d) Portuguese.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 22, Carlos's wife buys him a poster of which actress?
(a) Kim Novak.
(b) Judy Garland.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Doris Day.

5. Which person in Carlos's church is the most adept at using a fan?
(a) Judas.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Mary Magdalen.

6. In Chapter 2, what television show does Tony mention?
(a) Leave It to Beaver.
(b) My Three Sons.
(c) Lassie.
(d) Rin Tin Tin.

7. Who is the first villain in Carlos's dreams?
(a) Maria Theresa.
(b) Candlestick Lady.
(c) Torso Lady.
(d) Window Jesus.

8. What is Fernando's father's name?
(a) Filo.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Hernando.
(d) Jaroslav.

9. Whose house does Carlos visit in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Chachi's.
(b) Aunt Lucía's.
(c) Eugenio's.
(d) Aunt Carmela's.

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

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

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

13. Who loans Carlos her glasses in Chapter 19?
(a) Aunt Carmela.
(b) Aunt Lucía.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Chachi.

14. In which city does chapter 21 open?
(a) Havana.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Miami.

15. A statue of which saint resides at Aunt Carmela's house?
(a) Saint Sebastian.
(b) Saint Lazarus.
(c) Saint Therese of the Little Flower.
(d) Saint Francis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys throw at each other in Chapter 15?

2. According to the students in Chapter 4, where did Adam and Eve live?

3. Who kisses Carlos and leaves a lipstick smudge on his cheek in Chapter 6?

4. How many men are in the car that Carlos is envisioning at the beginning of Chapter 26?

5. What do the Cuban children call their birthday cakes?

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