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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the water tanks face?
(a) Downtown Havana.
(b) The Gulf of Mexico.
(c) Downtown Miami.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

2. Who says that "evil [...] is the absence of good"?
(a) Meister Eckhart.
(b) Kant.
(c) The Platonists.
(d) Thomas Aquinas.

3. On what character does this chapter focus?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Fernando.
(c) Ernesto.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

4. Carlos wishes that what animal would eat Ernesto?
(a) Bears.
(b) Wolverines.
(c) Swordfish.
(d) Sharks.

5. With whom does Carlos see Fidel in person, as discussed in Chapter 38?
(a) His grandfather Amador.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Filo.
(d) Tony.

6. What is the name of Uncle Amado's wife?
(a) Regina.
(b) Sofía.
(c) María.
(d) Alejandra.

7. Who throws the final breadfruit?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Rafael.
(d) Tony.

8. What name does Carlos call Ernesto in Chapter ?
(a) Lizard.
(b) Bag of bones.
(c) Snake.
(d) Stupid.

9. What is in the pool that Carlos is observing in the beginning of Chapter 31?
(a) Manta rays.
(b) Manitees.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Iguanas.

10. To which organization do Tony and Carlos belong, until they realize it has too many rules?
(a) Hitler Youth.
(b) Cub Scouts.
(c) ROTC.
(d) Future Homemakers of America.

11. What does Carlos do on the morning of the day he leaves Cuba?
(a) He throws breadfruit at his friends.
(b) He roller skates.
(c) He visits the family pantheon.
(d) He writes a letter to his grandmother.

12. What does Carlos remember best from the year of school he discusses in Chapter 27?
(a) The hair of the girl he liked.
(b) His penmanship lessons.
(c) The way the students disappeared.
(d) The smell of the chalkboard.

13. According to Carlos, next to whom should Ernesto sit in heaven?
(a) Kant.
(b) Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Mel Blanc.
(d) Jesus.

14. How high is the cliff over which the boys and Louis XVI frequently go?
(a) One hundred feet.
(b) Fifteen feet.
(c) Two hundred feet.
(d) Fifty feet.

15. What sound is present in Carlos's dreams in the opening of Chapter 29?
(a) Barking dogs.
(b) Firecrackers.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Air raid sirens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlos experience at night in Chapter 30?

2. What does Carlos do at the beautiful house?

3. Whose screaming diverts the villain's attention in Chapter 32?

4. According to the reports of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Chapter 29, who has been arrested?

5. What is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?

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