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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the villain in Chapter 32 threaten to assault Carlos?
(a) A pair of brass knuckles.
(b) A sharp pencil.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

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

3. What are the young Revolutionary soldiers-in-training called?
(a) Los Communistas Militantes.
(b) Pioneers.
(c) Junior Axmen.
(d) Communist Youth.

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

5. Who throws the final breadfruit?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Tony.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Rafael.

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

7. According to Chapter 35, what "never shut[s] up about Ernesto"?
(a) The oceanic event.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) The diving board.
(d) Louis XVI.

8. What is the name of Uncle Amado's wife?
(a) María.
(b) Regina.
(c) Sofía.
(d) Alejandra.

9. What do Carlos and his friends rescue in Chapter 31?
(a) A parrot fish.
(b) A shark.
(c) A blowfish.
(d) A flounder.

10. Who wakes the children in Chapter 29?
(a) Inocencia.
(b) Nilda.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

11. Which astronaut does Carlos see in Chapter 38?
(a) Buzz Aldrin.
(b) Neil Armstrong.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Yuri Gagarin.

12. As Carlos notes in Chapter 34, who would have called the boys' peashooting incident an act of "caritas"?
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Saint Jerome.
(d) Gregory the Great.

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

14. On what character does this chapter focus?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Louis XVI.

15. Who always wears a tuxedo, cape, and top hat?
(a) El Frecuentemente Borracho.
(b) The Caballero de París.
(c) El Loco.
(d) La Dama del Alba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carlos states that after the incident related in Chapter 32, he became as "paranoid" as which character?

2. Which person would never have noticed Carlos's teacher at the co-ed school?

3. What is the most noticeable thing about the woman mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 34?

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

5. What is the oceanic event in Chapter 35?

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