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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 is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?

2. Who is Marie Antoinette's companion during the events of Chapter 39?

3. What type of car is Louis XVI driving in Chapter 34?

4. What does Fidel drink in Chapter 36?

5. What did Aunt Lily receive from her fiancé before he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the breadfruit war end?

3. Describe the "niños bitongos."

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

5. What happens at Carlos's co-ed school when someone finds out that a certain boy likes a certain girl?

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

7. Describe Carlos's first death.

8. How does Louis XVI react to the angry lady in Chapter 34, and how does he feel afterward?

9. According to Chapter 27, how would Plato have reacted to Carlos's female teacher? How would Kant have reacted?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the archetypal villains of the militia, Fidel, and Ernesto.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a couple of minor characters, such as Inocencia or Pepito, and describe their reactions to Communism. How do they compare to the reactions of Carlos?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Carlos's use of writing techniques to propel the plot forward quickly in the scene of his experiencing the gunfight in the park.

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