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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. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?
(a) Father Christmas.
(b) Saint Nick.
(c) Santicló.
(d) Papá Noel.
2. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) John F. Kennedy.
3. What city is described in the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Havana.
(c) San Juan.
(d) New York.
4. Who runs the school called La Salle del Vedado?
(a) Benedictines.
(b) Protestants.
(c) The Christian Brothers.
(d) Fidel's regime.
5. In Chapter 11, where does young Carlos's head get stuck?
(a) Under the sofa.
(b) In a hat that is too small.
(c) In a car door.
(d) In a pew.
Short Answer Questions
1. As mentioned in Chapter 22, Carlos's wife buys him a poster of which actress?
2. As told in Chapter 25, what movie does Carlos see repeatedly?
3. What does Carlos see in Chapter 1 that reminds him of the maid's breasts?
4. What is Carlos doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
5. According to a magazine mentioned in Chapter 19, in what year is the world expected to end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the various Christmas traditions at the Nieto house, as described in Chapter 10?
2. What happened to Carlos's great-great-grandmother Butrón-Múgicas?
3. Describe what Carlos sees at the dining room window in Chapter 6.
4. Explain what happens when people begin to shout "paredón."
5. How does Carlos feel about the poster he made in fourth grade?
6. Why does Carlos wish he could have been a Viking?
7. Why does Louis XVI wish he could have afforded to be Pilate in the church murals?
8. Summarize the contents of the Cuban history lesson the boys receive at the beginning of Chapter 4.
9. Where does Carlos see the Cuba-shaped clouds, and how does he feel about them?
10. Explain one of the lessons on hell that is described in Chapter 19.
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