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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. What news did Che receive from home when he was moving from Bolivia that made him consider returning to Argentina, until his family told him not to return?
(a) That his father had been arrested for his political dealings.
(b) That his mother was ill and in the hospital.
(c) That his family was experiencing financial problems.
(d) That his brother had been wounded in an aerial attack.

2. Which of the following groups of people did Che call "imperialists"?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Americans.
(d) Mexicans.

3. While traveling through South America, what did Che falsely say his profession was?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A farmer.

4. How was Che first greeted by Maria Antonia Gonzalez and her friends?
(a) Maria and her friends were skeptical of him.
(b) Maria and her friends felt threatened by him.
(c) Maria and her friends welcomed him with open arms.
(d) Maria and her friends ignored him.

5. In what country did Che first meet Fidel Castro?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what season of the year did Castro's guerrilla forces hide out in the Cuban Mountains?

2. What was the name of Che's firstborn daughter?

3. In what year did the Guevara family move back to Buenos Aires?

4. Which of the following afflictions did Che come down with when he was two-years-old?

5. With whom did Che travel with to Bolivia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Che settle into life in Mexico City once he moved there?

2. What is yerba maté?

3. What job did Che secure for himself immediately after leaving high school?

4. Why did Che and Alberto eventually split ways in Caracas?

5. What type of relationship did Che have to books when he was teenager?

6. What political event took place in Cuba on July 26, 1953?

7. Why was Che allowed to study, uninterrupted, at the university, and what field of study did he choose?

8. What was Batista's reaction when Castro announced that the revolution would be taking place in 1956?

9. How did Castro react when he was granted amnesty by the government?

10. How did the Guevara family react when Che was diagnosed with a medical condition at the age of two?

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