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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which organization do Tony and Carlos belong, until they realize it has too many rules?
(a) Hitler Youth.
(b) Future Homemakers of America.
(c) ROTC.
(d) Cub Scouts.

3. What is Carlos doing at the beginning of Chapter 40?
(a) Reading.
(b) Boogie-boarding.
(c) Skydiving.
(d) Teaching a class.

4. How many children are involved in the breadfruit fight?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

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

6. Who takes the passport photos for Carlos and Tony?
(a) Puentes Pi.
(b) The Jamaican man.
(c) Addison.
(d) Torso Lady.

7. Carlos mentions in Chapter 27 that his beloved teacher told his mother he has the nicest what?
(a) Math skills.
(b) Hair.
(c) Penmanship.
(d) Skin.

8. What does the Jamaican man sell?
(a) Pastries.
(b) Milkshakes.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Hot dogs.

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

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

11. Who catches Carlos and his friends taunting the young soldiers?
(a) Aunt Lucía.
(b) Eugenio's mother.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Louis XVI.

12. How is the weather in the beginning of Chapter 38?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Cloudy.

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

14. Who says that "evil [...] is the absence of good"?
(a) Kant.
(b) The Platonists.
(c) Meister Eckhart.
(d) Thomas Aquinas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 37, with what is Carlos's Havana "dotted"?

2. What is the nickname of the pool man at the beach club to which Manuel and Rafael belong?

3. How high is the cliff over which the boys and Louis XVI frequently go?

4. What does the sound in the beginning of Chapter 29 turn out to be?

5. What are the young Revolutionary soldiers-in-training called?

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