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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 flower does Carmelita hold in her hand?
(a) Rose.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Daffodil.

2. What is the name of the mountain range described by Pingalito?
(a) Veredaro.
(b) La Sierra Maestra.
(c) Andes.
(d) Ozarks.

3. It is often said that "_____ is stranger than fiction."
(a) Truth.
(b) Reality.
(c) Life.
(d) Communism.

4. The women are talking about which of the following?
(a) Machito.
(b) Maldito.
(c) Marichama.
(d) Pingalito.

5. What is the name of Carmelita's cell mate?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Rodesia.
(c) Reba.
(d) Rhanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story take place?

2. Carmelita flies into which major U.S. city?

3. What type of cookie did Proust eat to cure his amnesia?

4. Pingalito shows Carmelita a ____ from a Cuban restaurant.

5. Pingalito compares himself to which famous actor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Machito? What is his role in the beginning of the play? What regrets does Carmelita have regarding Machito?

2. Explain the roles of Carmelita and Machito as revolutionaries. What are their plans?

3. How does the play reference milk? What is its significance?

4. What happens to Carmelita to jog her memory? What type of things does Carmelita remember?

5. What are some of the things Carmelita does in order to try to restore her memory?

6. Who is Pingalito? Where else has the character appeared? When did he meet Carmelita?

7. Carmelita is arrested. Carmelita is taken to which facility? What types of testing must Carmelita undergo? What kind of retraining must Carmelita complete?

8. Describe the opening of the play and the setting used by the author. Where is the play set? Who is the narrator?

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

10. Why does the FBI appear during Carmelita's show? What does the lead agent say to Carmelita? What happens to Carmelita and the others?

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