3. What do the children of the Nieto family receive when they turn sixteen?
(a) Driving lessons.
(b) A new suit.
(c) Keys to the pantheon.
(d) Keys to the family car.

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

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

6. What do the Cuban children call their birthday cakes?
(a) Bollos.
(b) Keikes.
(c) Pasteles.
(d) Tortas.

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

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

9. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Fidel Castro.

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

11. Chapter 3 mentions whom as the translator of the Bible into Latin?
(a) Gregory the Great.
(b) Saint Jerome.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Martin Luther.

12. When Aunt Lucía is dying in a nursing home, what does Carlos bring her?
(a) Vanilla milkshakes.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Brownies.

13. A diorama of which place fills Carlos's dining room?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bethlehem.

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

15. In Chapter 16, where does Carlos see the shape of Cuba?
(a) In an English muffin.
(b) In the coffee stain on his favorite shirt.
(c) In an ink stain on his desk.
(d) In the clouds.