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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 do the water tanks face?
(a) Downtown Havana.
(b) Downtown Miami.
(c) The Bay of Pigs.
(d) The Gulf of Mexico.

2. What does the sound in the beginning of Chapter 29 turn out to be?
(a) Armies marching through the street.
(b) An alarm clock.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Bombs.

3. How is the weather in the beginning of Chapter 38?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Sunny.

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

5. When describing the size of breadfruit, Carlos compares them to what?
(a) A small melon.
(b) A large apple.
(c) A golf ball.
(d) A softball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who always wears a tuxedo, cape, and top hat?

2. What is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?

3. What does Carlos do at the beautiful house?

4. In Chapter 37, Carlos dreams of having a pool filled with what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Aquarium of the Revolution.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe breadfruit.

8. What is Ernesto's family history?

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

10. As discussed in Chapter 37, why does Carlos feel shame about his upbringing?

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