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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) Capitalists.
(b) Communists.
(c) Yanquis.
(d) Deserters.

2. For what do Tony and Carlos search to exchange for pocket change?
(a) Bottles.
(b) Aluminum siding.
(c) Old tires.
(d) Old newspapers.

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

4. What does Fidel drink in Chapter 36?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Milk.
(d) Whiskey.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 40, where does Carlos eventually meet his friend Rafa?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Paris.
(c) Miami.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?

2. What do the boys shoot through their blowguns?

3. What do the water tanks face?

4. What is the oceanic event in Chapter 35?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Ernesto's family history?

4. How does Carlos feel now as an adult about the time when he killed many lizards?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the breadfruit war end?

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

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