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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. On what character does this chapter focus?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Ernesto.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Fernando.

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

3. With whom does Carlos see Fidel in person, as discussed in Chapter 38?
(a) Filo.
(b) Tony.
(c) His grandfather Amador.
(d) Louis XVI.

4. Who has an empty pool under his house?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Ernesto's birth parents.
(c) Uncle Amado.
(d) Filo.

5. What is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?
(a) A chimpanzee.
(b) A dog.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his speeches, what does Fidel call the children who are being exiled to the United States?

2. What is the name for counter-Revolutionaries, as mentioned in Chapter 29?

3. What is the oceanic event in Chapter 35?

4. How is the weather in the beginning of Chapter 38?

5. What do the water tanks face?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens at Carlos's co-ed school when someone finds out that a certain boy likes a certain girl?

3. Describe Addison's backyard.

4. What does Carlos report that Ernest did to him?

5. Describe breadfruit.

6. Why is Fidel's milk consumption in Chapter 36 significant?

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

8. What is Ernesto's family history?

9. Describe the Communist propaganda that Carlos hears in Chapter 38.

10. How does Carlos feel about Lou and Norma Chait?

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