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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Carlos doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Playing baseball.
(c) Lighting firecrackers.
(d) Body surfing.

2. What is the name of the beggar in Carlos's neighborhood?
(a) El Jabón.
(b) El Carpintero.
(c) El Loco.
(d) El Hombre.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 7, what is the name of the chimp?
(a) Blackie.
(b) El Rojo.
(c) Smoky.
(d) El Loco.

4. From what disease do Tony and Carlos suffer in Chapter 21?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Measles.
(d) Flu.

5. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?
(a) Saint Nick.
(b) Santicló.
(c) Papá Noel.
(d) Father Christmas.

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

7. Where does Carlos work?
(a) The Holiday Inn.
(b) A Mexican restaurant.
(c) A bar.
(d) The Hilton Hotel.

8. In Chapter 2, what television show does Tony mention?
(a) Rin Tin Tin.
(b) Lassie.
(c) Leave It to Beaver.
(d) My Three Sons.

9. What is the name of the Nietos' family doctor?
(a) Dr. Quinn.
(b) Dr. Montoya.
(c) Dr. Portilla.
(d) Dr. Lázaro.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of Carlos's nanny?
(a) Nilda.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Maria.
(d) Inocencia.

14. Carlos notes in Chapter 1 that his Aunt Lucia had been what political figure in a previous life?
(a) A Bourbon princess.
(b) A Hapsburg.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Napoleon.

15. What fruit does Carlos discuss at length in Chapter 25?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Guanábana.
(c) Mamey.
(d) Peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who sits on Carlos's head?

2. Who developed the concept of Gelassenheit?

3. What does the Spanish word "cohetes" mean?

4. From what did Carlos's father die?

5. Of what nationality is the hot dog man in Carlos's neighborhood?

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