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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. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?
2. Chapter 3 mentions whom as the translator of the Bible into Latin?
3. What is the name of the co-ed school to which Carlos transfers?
4. Who runs the school called La Salle del Vedado?
5. What insects bite Rafa and Carlos in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain one of the lessons on hell that is described in Chapter 19.
2. Explain the gift exchange between Carlos and Aunt Lucía that is discussed in Chapter 18.
3. With regard to Fernando's prison term, what does "rehabilitation" mean?
4. What are the instructions that come with receiving a key to the family pantheon?
5. Where does Carlos see the Cuba-shaped clouds, and how does he feel about them?
6. Explain Carlos's third proof for the existence of God, as related in Chapter 11.
7. What is the significance of the mamey pit to Carlos?
8. What are the various Christmas traditions at the Nieto house, as described in Chapter 10?
9. Describe what Carlos sees at the dining room window in Chapter 6.
10. Describe Havana on New Year's Eve, as portrayed in Chapter 1. What has happened to affect the city this way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the idea of death in this book. What are the various moments that seem like a type of death? What are the moments that Carlos himself identifies as a death? Do you think death is a good symbol for those events, or do you think something else could more appropriately have symbolized them? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Describe how Carlos's use of setting helps the reader visualize and experience the political events of the book.
Essay Topic 3
How does Fernando fit the archetype of the hero? What other characters in the book also seem like heroes, and how do they compare and contrast with Fernando?
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