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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carlos do on the morning of the day he leaves Cuba?
(a) He visits the family pantheon.
(b) He roller skates.
(c) He writes a letter to his grandmother.
(d) He throws breadfruit at his friends.

2. Who is Marie Antoinette's companion during the events of Chapter 39?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Inocencia.
(c) Angelita.
(d) Maricela.

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

4. What aspect of breadfruit does Carlos most appreciate?
(a) The way it sounds when it falls from the tree.
(b) The way it looks.
(c) Its explosive potential.
(d) Its taste.

5. Which person would never have noticed Carlos's teacher at the co-ed school?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Plato.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Kant.

6. What name does Carlos call Ernesto in Chapter ?
(a) Snake.
(b) Lizard.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Bag of bones.

7. What does Carlos remember best from the year of school he discusses in Chapter 27?
(a) The hair of the girl he liked.
(b) His penmanship lessons.
(c) The way the students disappeared.
(d) The smell of the chalkboard.

8. When describing the size of breadfruit, Carlos compares them to what?
(a) A small melon.
(b) A softball.
(c) A large apple.
(d) A golf ball.

9. What is the name of Carlos's best friend in Chapter 27?
(a) José.
(b) Hernando.
(c) María Josefa.
(d) Ciro.

10. How many women live in the beautiful house of which Chapter 36 speaks?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

11. Who has an empty pool under his house?
(a) Uncle Amado.
(b) Filo.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Ernesto's birth parents.

12. What does the woman in Chapter 34 call the boys?
(a) Hoodlums.
(b) Degenerates.
(c) Worms.
(d) Brats.

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

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

15. In Chapter 36, who spends an evening with Fidel?
(a) Pilar.
(b) Aunt Lily.
(c) Kika.
(d) Aunt Carmela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Carlos's relatives always wears a white suit?

2. According to Chapter 35, what "never shut[s] up about Ernesto"?

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

4. Who wakes the children in Chapter 29?

5. Which astronaut does Carlos see in Chapter 38?

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