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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys throw at each other in Chapter 15?
(a) Apples.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Stones.

2. What is the last place mentioned in Chapter 23?
(a) Miami.
(b) Havana.
(c) New England.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. What is the name of Fernando's cousin, the one who sets off bombs to act against Fidel's government?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Miguelito.
(c) Filo.
(d) Josef.

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

6. According to a magazine mentioned in Chapter 19, in what year is the world expected to end?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2010.

7. What is Carlos's father's profession?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Judge.
(c) Businessman.
(d) Teacher.

8. What movie makes Carlos suddenly like the idea of kissing a woman?
(a) Some Like It Hot.
(b) Vertigo.
(c) Queen of Outer Space.
(d) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

9. On what holiday does Chapter 20 begin?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's Eve.

10. Who kisses Carlos and leaves a lipstick smudge on his cheek in Chapter 6?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Aunt Lucía.
(c) Chachi.
(d) The maid Inocencia.

11. Who buys Carlos and Tony comic books each Wednesday?
(a) Aunt Lucía.
(b) Eugenio's mother.
(c) Aunt Carmela.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

12. With what do Carlos and Tony strike an eighteenth-century cup in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) A breadfruit.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A baseball.
(d) A walnut.

13. Who developed the concept of Gelassenheit?
(a) Meister Eckhart.
(b) Heigel.
(c) Marx.
(d) Kant.

14. How many men are in the car that Carlos is envisioning at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

15. Who runs the school called La Salle del Vedado?
(a) Fidel's regime.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Benedictines.
(d) The Christian Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?

2. What fruit does Carlos discuss at length in Chapter 25?

3. What is the name of the Nietos' family doctor?

4. Which cinema has deplorable restrooms?

5. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?

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