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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 the name of the co-ed school to which Carlos transfers?
(a) Colegio del Salvador.
(b) Colegio del Pantocrator.
(c) La Escuela Santa María.
(d) La Universidad del Norte.

2. To what sin is Carlos especially prone, as described in Chapter 14?
(a) Lying.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Theft.
(d) Blasphemy.

3. What is the name of the jackpot in the Spanish lottery?
(a) El Alto Grado.
(b) El Somnambulente.
(c) El Primer Piso.
(d) El Premio Gordo.

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

5. From what country is Carlos's grandfather Nieto?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Chile.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what did Carlos's father die?

2. Who unexpectedly hugs Carlos in Chapter 7?

3. What is Fernando's father's name?

4. Of what nationality is the hot dog man in Carlos's neighborhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Havana on New Year's Eve, as portrayed in Chapter 1. What has happened to affect the city this way?

3. With regard to Fernando's prison term, what does "rehabilitation" mean?

4. What happened to Carlos's great-great-grandmother Butrón-Múgicas?

5. Explain what happens when people begin to shout "paredón."

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

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

8. What happens when the police stop Fernando's car in Chapter 26?

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

10. How do Louis XVI's staff members treat him and his family? Why?

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