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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. According to Chapter 20, what type of cooking does Carlos find particularly horrifying?
(a) American.
(b) Mediterranean.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Irish.

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

3. What is Carlos doing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Body surfing.
(d) Lighting firecrackers.

4. According to Chapter 22, what does Carlos always ask the soldiers he sees?
(a) "Got any bullets?"
(b) "How are you?"
(c) "Do you want a drink?"
(d) "What time is it?"

5. What is the name of Carlos's nanny?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Nilda.
(c) Inocencia.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only comic book that Carlos has taken on his outing in Chapter 2?

2. How old is Carlos in the anecdote with which chapter 1 opens?

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

4. Where was Fernando born?

5. Where does Carlos work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Louis XVI wish he could have afforded to be Pilate in the church murals?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, who is the man who hides behind Marie Antoinette, and what happens to him?

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

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

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