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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. After Herberto goes missing, what does Constancia begin selling door-to-door?
(a) Tupperware.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Candy bars.
(d) Cosmetics.

2. In what level of his education does Ignacio meet Dr. Samuel Forrest?
(a) Middle school.
(b) College.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) High school.

3. What does Reina offer to La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre in prayer?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A hollyhock.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A purse of coins.

4. How long has Reina been in a relationship with Pepin Beltrán?
(a) Two and half years.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Twenty-four years.
(d) Fourteen years.

5. How does Herberto feel when he trains for the resistance in Cuba?
(a) He feels obligated to his brother to fight.
(b) He feels afraid and regrets his decision.
(c) He feels young and alive.
(d) He feels confused and doesn't understand why the resistance is necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reina Aguero do for a living?

2. How far does Ignacio have to carry his wife's body to the nearest town?

3. How old is the man Reina's daughter intends to marry?

4. During what month is Ignacio Augero born?

5. Which of the following words completes this sentence taken from Ignacio's deathbed note, "The quest for truth is far more glorious than the quest for ___________ ."

Short Essay Questions

1. What attracts Ignacio to Blanca when they first meet in school?

2. What happens to Dulce when she is fired from her job and becomes homeless?

3. How does Ignacio's mother react to the news that Ignacio has dropped out of school?

4. What does Dulce claim is the only thing the Cuban government cannot ration?

5. How does Ignacio react to the news that his wife, Blanca, has gone missing?

6. What does Constancia discover when she finds the small copper box in her father's old shed in Cuba?

7. How does Ignacio's father die?

8. What happens when Reina attempts to move the last water pump in La Cobre?

9. Why does the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution come to visit Reina while she is recovering?

10. Why does Constancia visit Oscar Pinago?

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