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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. What is the most noticeable thing about the woman mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 34?
(a) Her large feet.
(b) Her rear end.
(c) The color of her shirt.
(d) Her hat.

2. In Chapter 40, what does Carlos describe as his first death?
(a) Leaving Cuba.
(b) Being abused by Ernesto.
(c) Realizing that his father prefers Ernesto.
(d) Being bitten by a scorpion.

3. Which of Carlos's relatives always wears a white suit?
(a) Addison.
(b) Tony.
(c) Ernesto.
(d) Pepito.

4. According to Carlos, next to whom should Ernesto sit in heaven?
(a) Mel Blanc.
(b) Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Kant.
(d) Jesus.

5. According to Fidel as mentioned in Chapter 38, who is "evil"?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) Deserters.
(c) Communists.
(d) Yanquis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 38, what is described as "rivers of sludge"?

2. What does Carlos do on the morning of the day he leaves Cuba?

3. Carlos wishes that what animal would eat Ernesto?

4. Where is the pool that Carlos is observing in Chapter 31?

5. Carlos states that after the incident related in Chapter 32, he became as "paranoid" as which character?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Ernesto's family history?

3. According to Chapter 28, for what is Carlos's uncle Mario almost imprisoned?

4. Describe Filo's situation in the auditorium, as Carlos relates in Chapter 29.

5. Describe the miraculous event that Carlos witnesses in Chapter 35.

6. What difficulties does Marie Antoinette face before she can find the boys in the United States?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 30, why does Carlos say, "Another day in Limbo"?

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

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

10. Describe the "niños bitongos."

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