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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is "capable of poisoning [Carlos's] relationship with [his] father"?
(a) Tony.
(b) Pepito.
(c) El Loco.
(d) Ernesto.

2. How much time passes before Marie Antoinette is about to meet her boys in the United States?
(a) 3-1/2 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. Who creates the cheer that makes fun of the young Revolutionary soldiers?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Tony.
(c) Eugenio.
(d) Manuel.

4. In Chapter 40, what does Carlos describe as his first death?
(a) Leaving Cuba.
(b) Being abused by Ernesto.
(c) Being bitten by a scorpion.
(d) Realizing that his father prefers Ernesto.

5. What is the nickname for the place where the boys wait in the airport?
(a) La quincena.
(b) The fishbowl.
(c) The wailing room.
(d) Virgil's Place.

6. According to Chapter 35, what is the name of the boy who becomes friends with a crucifix in a movie that Carlos has seen?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Marcelino.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Manuel.

7. What do the water tanks face?
(a) The Gulf of Mexico.
(b) Downtown Havana.
(c) The Bay of Pigs.
(d) Downtown Miami.

8. What sound is present in Carlos's dreams in the opening of Chapter 29?
(a) Barking dogs.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Air raid sirens.

9. What is the most noticeable thing about the woman mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 34?
(a) Her rear end.
(b) The color of her shirt.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her large feet.

10. Whose screaming diverts the villain's attention in Chapter 32?
(a) El Loco's.
(b) Eugenio's.
(c) Aunt Lucía's.
(d) Marie Antoinette's.

11. What crop does Addison grow in his mansion?
(a) Corn.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Grapes.

12. What aspect of the breadfruit "[speaks] of swamps, ooze, eggs and sperm, and infinite reproduction"?
(a) Its appearance.
(b) Its taste.
(c) Its smell.
(d) The sound of its explosion.

13. As Chapter 37 discusses, with what object does Carlos work when he takes a summer job at Marie Antoinette's factory?
(a) Plastic tubing.
(b) Iron filings.
(c) Screws.
(d) Gears.

14. What is the only memory that Carlos is not able to repress through denial?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Seeing Fidel.
(d) Louis XVI's preference of art over family.

15. Carlos wishes that what animal would eat Ernesto?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Bears.
(c) Swordfish.
(d) Wolverines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family that temporarily adopts Carlos in Miami?

2. How many children are eventually exiled from Cuba?

3. In his speeches, what does Fidel call the children who are being exiled to the United States?

4. According to Carlos, next to whom should Ernesto sit in heaven?

5. In Chapter 36, who spends an evening with Fidel?

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