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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. Carmelita is questioned on which subject?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Math.
(c) Geography.
(d) Science.

2. In what year did Carmelita make the trip?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1993.

3. What is the name of the bus that guides people throughout Havana?
(a) M09.
(b) M15.
(c) M32.
(d) M61.

4. By 9:20 AM the policeman is ready to do which of the following?
(a) Have lunch.
(b) Make rounds.
(c) Nap.
(d) Torture.

5. What term is used repeatedly to describe Carmelita?
(a) Low-life.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Poverty-stricken.
(d) Downtrodden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Casa Marina?

2. What song does Carmelita sing at the club?

3. The women wait until which holiday to escape?

4. The women wonder if Machito was bitten by which kind of fly?

5. Which is not one of the foods the host came to love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the realization Carmelita has after returning to America? What does Carmelita have to say about Cuban politics?

2. Explain the scene in Dr. Igor's lab. What are Dr. Igor's intentions and actions?

3. What happens after Pingalito leaves the hospital? What do the doctors recommend? What is Carmelita's idea?

4. Who is Desiree? Who is Rodesia? How do their characters affect Carmelita?

5. What is the main topic of "Milk of Amnesia?" On what was the play based?

6. What measures are taken to alter anti-social people?

7. How do the clones meet Carmelita? What is their reaction to meeting their bio-original for the first time? Where had they met before?

8. Who is Lota? What is her job? From which famous person is Lota descended?

9. Explain the opening of Chicas 2000. What is the setting for the first scene? Who is in attendance at the time? Who gives a monologue? What is the topic?

10. When did the Cuban Revolution take place? What character is used to represent the evil Cuban military?

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