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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 4, which people always read dirty magazines?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Chauffeurs.
(c) Street vendors.
(d) Postal workers.

2. Where does Carlos get milkshakes in Havana?
(a) Tropicream.
(b) Dairy Freeze.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) Dairy Queen.

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

4. Carlos discusses which toys in the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Matchbox cars.
(b) Jigsaw puzzles.
(c) Yo-yos.
(d) Legos.

5. With what do Carlos and Tony strike an eighteenth-century cup in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) A breadfruit.
(b) A walnut.
(c) A baseball.
(d) A shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car does Carlos ride to school?

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

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

4. In Chapter 16, where does Carlos see the shape of Cuba?

5. What do the boys throw at each other in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the concept of Gelassenheit.

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

4. Why is Carlos suddenly not allowed to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the significance of the mamey pit to Carlos?

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