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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Carlos in the anecdote with which chapter 1 opens?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty-five.

2. What city is described in the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) New York.
(b) Havana.
(c) San Juan.
(d) Chicago.

3. What is the name of the jackpot in the Spanish lottery?
(a) El Premio Gordo.
(b) El Primer Piso.
(c) El Somnambulente.
(d) El Alto Grado.

4. What holiday is the Nieto family celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Michaelmas.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
(d) The Feast of Saint Anne.

5. What does the Spanish word "cohetes" mean?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Wasps.
(c) Fire ants.
(d) Firecrackers.

6. A statue of which saint resides at Aunt Carmela's house?
(a) Saint Francis.
(b) Saint Therese of the Little Flower.
(c) Saint Sebastian.
(d) Saint Lazarus.

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

8. What animal do Carlos and his friends try to send into space?
(a) A preying mantis.
(b) A dog.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A lizard.

9. According to Chapter 4, which people always read dirty magazines?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Postal workers.
(c) Chauffeurs.
(d) Street vendors.

10. Who is driving the car discussed in Chapter 26?
(a) Miguelito.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Carlos.

11. Which character injures his hand with a firecracker in Chapter 8?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Eugenio.
(c) Tony.
(d) Louis XVI.

12. According to the students in Chapter 4, where did Adam and Eve live?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Mesopotamia.

13. In Chapter 11, who sits on Carlos's head?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Tony.
(c) Eugenio.
(d) Louis XVI.

14. Who loans Carlos her glasses in Chapter 19?
(a) Chachi.
(b) Aunt Lucía.
(c) Aunt Carmela.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

15. What does Carlos see in Chapter 1 that reminds him of the maid's breasts?
(a) Volleyballs.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Eggplants.
(d) Squash.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?

2. Which philosopher does Carlos despise?

3. In which city does chapter 21 open?

4. In which theater is Carlos watching a movie in the beginning of Chapter 23?

5. Who is invariably present at birthday parties?

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