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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. Which of the following places was NOT bombed by airplanes funded by the CIA?
(a) Sugar mills.
(b) Cane fields.
(c) Trade stores.
(d) Parliament buildings.

2. Aside from his notes, what else did Che leave for his family when he left to work in the Congo?
(a) His books.
(b) His money.
(c) His guns.
(d) His clothes.

3. Whom did Jose Antonio Echeverria plot to assassinate on March 13, 1956?
(a) Batista.
(b) Che.
(c) Castro.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. Which US President funded guerrilla armies to attempt to takeover political power in Cuba?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Kennedy.

5. How many men were slaughtered in the fight for Cienfuegos?
(a) Thousands.
(b) No one was killed in Cienfuegos.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Tens of thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Che away from Cuba while he was working on trade relations?

2. Which of the following did Cuba NOT ask for from the Soviet government as soon as their trade agreement was made public?

3. How much money in medical supplies were the 12000 US soldiers captured in the Bay of Pigs traded for?

4. Which country was the only country, outside of Cuba, that Castro was interested in controlling?

5. Which of the following buildings did the Cuban rebels NOT attack in preparation for the Presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

2. What happened when Castro's army attempted to overtake the city of Cienfuegos?

3. How did Che's family react when they came to visit him in Havana and saw the way he was handling his political power?

4. How did the US respond to the news that the Soviet Union had opened trade agreements with Cuba?

5. Why was Che forced to leave Cuba for three months following Castro's rise to power?

6. What made the Congolese rebel fighters different from the Cuban rebel fighters Che was used to working with?

7. What happened during the invasion of the Bay of Pigs?

8. How did Che alter the landscape of El Hombrito?

9. Who was Alexandr Alexiev?

10. What was "The Appeal to the Cuban People"?

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