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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 the reports of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Chapter 29, who has been arrested?
(a) Aunt Lucía.
(b) Filo.
(c) Pepito.
(d) The Jamaican man.

2. As Carlos notes in Chapter 34, who would have called the boys' peashooting incident an act of "caritas"?
(a) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Gregory the Great.
(c) Saint Augustine.
(d) Saint Jerome.

3. In Chapter 40, what does Carlos plan to request when he reaches the United States?
(a) A hot dog.
(b) A piece of gum.
(c) A milkshake.
(d) A Coca-Cola.

4. How high is the cliff over which the boys and Louis XVI frequently go?
(a) Two hundred feet.
(b) Fifteen feet.
(c) One hundred feet.
(d) Fifty feet.

5. What did Aunt Lily receive from her fiancé before he died?
(a) A diary.
(b) A sapphire ring.
(c) A string of pearls.
(d) A fountain pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that "evil [...] is the absence of good"?

2. Where does Carlos almost have to spend the night with a large crucifix, as discussed in Chapter 35?

3. Who creates the cheer that makes fun of the young Revolutionary soldiers?

4. What are the young Revolutionary soldiers-in-training called?

5. According to Carlos, next to whom should Ernesto sit in heaven?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis XVI react to the angry lady in Chapter 34, and how does he feel afterward?

2. Describe Carlos's first death.

3. Why does Carlos want to request a Coke as his first act in the United States?

4. Describe breadfruit.

5. What is Ernesto's family history?

6. As discussed in Chapter 28, who are the Pioneers and what do they stand for?

7. What does Carlos imagine the diving board telling him to do, and why?

8. How does El Loco become the hero of Chapter 32?

9. Describe the event that Carlos dreams of as thunder in Chapter 29.

10. How do Carlos and his grandfather react to the Communist propaganda in Chapter 38?

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