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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 is Eugenio's nickname?
(a) El Loco.
(b) El Desembarcado.
(c) El Alocado.
(d) El Roto.

2. What is Fernando's father's name?
(a) Hernando.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Filo.

3. Who developed the concept of Gelassenheit?
(a) Meister Eckhart.
(b) Heigel.
(c) Marx.
(d) Kant.

4. How many men are in the car that Carlos is envisioning at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. What do the Cuban children call their birthday cakes?
(a) Tortas.
(b) Keikes.
(c) Bollos.
(d) Pasteles.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Carlos mentions in Chapter 9, who was the voice of Speedy Gonzalez?

2. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?

3. What holiday is the Nieto family celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. Where was Fernando born?

5. How long does Carlos have to wait between eating lunch and going swimming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carlos wish he could have been a Viking?

2. How did Carlos's grandfather Amado die, and how old was he?

3. How does Carlos feel about the poster he made in fourth grade?

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

5. According to Chapter 22, with what are the boys sick and how do they handle it?

6. What are the various Christmas traditions at the Nieto house, as described in Chapter 10?

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

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

9. Explain Carlos's third proof for the existence of God, as related in Chapter 11.

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

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