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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unexpectedly hugs Carlos in Chapter 7?

2. Carlos discusses which toys in the beginning of Chapter 25?

3. Where does Carlos get milkshakes in Havana?

4. What is Eugenio's nickname?

5. What is a paredón?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Carlos suddenly not allowed to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

2. According to Chapter 22, with what are the boys sick and how do they handle it?

3. How did Carlos's grandfather Amado die, and how old was he?

4. What happened to Carlos's great-great-grandmother Butrón-Múgicas?

5. What is the significance of the mamey pit to Carlos?

6. Describe the incident in which the boys try to send something into orbit.

7. What are the various Christmas traditions at the Nieto house, as described in Chapter 10?

8. Explain the gift exchange between Carlos and Aunt Lucía that is discussed in Chapter 18.

9. How do Louis XVI's staff members treat him and his family? Why?

10. Why does Louis XVI wish he could have afforded to be Pilate in the church murals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the irony inherent within the character El Loco as well as his role throughout the book. What does he symbolize? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effects of Communism, using either money or the Bosque as a lens through which to view those effects.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Carlos's assessment of the school of parrot fish as a miracle, in comparison with other miracles that he has witnessed in his life.

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