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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What city is described in the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Havana.
(d) New York.

3. With what do Carlos and Tony strike an eighteenth-century cup in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A walnut.
(d) A breadfruit.

4. Which philosopher does Carlos despise?
(a) Kant.
(b) Derrida.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Heigel.

5. Who is the principal of Carlos's school?
(a) Brother Néstor María.
(b) Brother Francis.
(c) Brother Ignatius.
(d) Brother Juan José.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carlos's father's profession?

2. According to the students in Chapter 4, where did Adam and Eve live?

3. As told in Chapter 25, what movie does Carlos see repeatedly?

4. What is the name of the co-ed school to which Carlos transfers?

5. In Chapter 22, what lands on Fidel's shoulder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the concept of Gelassenheit.

2. Describe the incident in which the boys try to send something into orbit.

3. Where does Carlos see the Cuba-shaped clouds, and how does he feel about them?

4. Who is Mel Blanc, and how does Carlos feel about him?

5. What is the game the boys play with the "pesticide Jeep"?

6. In Chapter 20, how does Louis XVI deal with the man at the door?

7. Describe what Carlos sees at the dining room window in Chapter 6.

8. Summarize the contents of the Cuban history lesson the boys receive at the beginning of Chapter 4.

9. Explain one of the lessons on hell that is described in Chapter 19.

10. Why is Carlos suddenly not allowed to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

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