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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. Who buys Carlos and Tony comic books each Wednesday?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Aunt Carmela.
(c) Aunt Lucía.
(d) Eugenio's mother.

2. Carlos notes in Chapter 1 that his Aunt Lucia had been what political figure in a previous life?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) A Hapsburg.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) A Bourbon princess.

3. What does "cocuyos" mean?
(a) Ants.
(b) Dragonflies.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Firecrackers.

4. Whose house does Carlos visit in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Aunt Carmela's.
(b) Eugenio's.
(c) Aunt Lucía's.
(d) Chachi's.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Jesus.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what disease do Tony and Carlos suffer in Chapter 21?

2. What does the Jeep mentioned in Chapter 5 spray?

3. Which character injures his hand with a firecracker in Chapter 8?

4. According to Chapter 22, what does Carlos always ask the soldiers he sees?

5. What fruit does Carlos discuss at length in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the gift exchange between Carlos and Aunt Lucía that is discussed in Chapter 18.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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