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

2. Approximately how old is the villain in Chapter 32?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

3. What type of car is Louis XVI driving in Chapter 34?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Ford.

4. What does Carlos do on the morning of the day he leaves Cuba?
(a) He writes a letter to his grandmother.
(b) He throws breadfruit at his friends.
(c) He roller skates.
(d) He visits the family pantheon.

5. Which person would never have noticed Carlos's teacher at the co-ed school?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Kant.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Chapter 35, which of Carlos's friends is already in the United States?

2. As Chapter 37 discusses, with what object does Carlos work when he takes a summer job at Marie Antoinette's factory?

3. Who catches Carlos and his friends taunting the young soldiers?

4. What does the woman in Chapter 34 call the boys?

5. In Chapter 40, what does Carlos describe as his first death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the Aquarium of the Revolution.

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

8. According to Chapter 31, what happens when Carlos is swimming in Minnesota?

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

10. How does the breadfruit war end?

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