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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what landmark does Magda live near?
(a) The Monumente Nacionale.
(b) The Malecon.
(c) The Rhinehardt.
(d) The Parque Leoncio Vidal.

2. In Chapter 15, what outfit does Marisol wear to go out for the day with Luis?
(a) A long black skirt and matching top.
(b) A pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
(c) A tank top and a mini-skirt.
(d) A short red dress.

3. In Chapter 22, what does the word ojala mean?
(a) The feeling one has just before one's greatest wish is denied.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Something just beyond hope that is entirely out of one's hands.

4. In Chapter 15, why had Batista closed the universities in 1956?
(a) He wanted to re-write the curriculum for history.
(b) He was afraid of the radical ideas coming out of them.
(c) He thought they were too expensive.
(d) He had never liked professors.

5. In Chapter 13, why does Ana tell Marisol she stayed in Cuba?
(a) She could not bear to leave her best friends.
(b) She was too in love with her house.
(c) Her husband was a photographer who did not want to leave.
(d) She could not bear to live anywhere that was not near the sea.

6. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol when she asks if his mother ever thought of leaving Cuba with him?
(a) They never discussed it.
(b) His mother had told him they could never risk the dangers of leaving.
(c) His mother was jailed for trying to leave once.
(d) They tried to leave once and did not make it.

7. In Chapter 17, what does Luis confess to Marisol that he does that is dangerous?
(a) Helps smuggle people on rafts to America.
(b) Protests with a face mask on.
(c) Writes a blog critical of the regime under a pseudonym.
(d) Sends money to relatives out of the country.

8. What does Pablo tell Marisol he knows about Ana?
(a) Ana is really a spy.
(b) Elisa loved her very much.
(c) Ana is making plans to leave Cuba illegally.
(d) Ana is going to die soon.

9. In Chapter 16, where does Pablo take Elisa when he comes to her house to pick her up?
(a) His brother's house.
(b) A house in Vedado.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) Guillermo's house.

10. In Chapter 15, why does Marisol feel as if she has lost her grandmother all over again?
(a) She has discovered her grandmother had secrets she had no idea about.
(b) She has discovered her grandmother was really a spy.
(c) She has discovered her grandmother had been married once before.
(d) She has discovered her grandmother secretly birthed twin girls.

11. In Chapter 19, what does Luis say decided the Battle of Santa Clara?
(a) The generals.
(b) The spirit of the men.
(c) The landscape.
(d) The amount of ammunition each side had.

12. In Chapter 15, why does Luis say that the Cuban authorities might be keeping an eye on Marisol?
(a) She is a spy.
(b) She is a beautiful woman and sometimes that alone is enough.
(c) She is a fashion expert and the regime is interested in fashion.
(d) She is a descendant of one of Cuba's previously most wealthy families.

13. In Chapter 20, what does Elisa do that Magda insists on accompanying her for?
(a) Going out to look for Pablo.
(b) Going to look for food.
(c) Going to look for Alejandro.
(d) Going to the bank for money.

14. In Chapter 20, who does Castro name as the provisional president?
(a) Dr. Luis Figuero.
(b) Dr. Alejandro Oberon.
(c) Dr. Manuel Urrutia Lleo.
(d) Dr. Lin-Manuel Estado.

15. In Chapter 25, who kills the member of the Perez family who dies?
(a) Pablo's men.
(b) Pueblo's men.
(c) Castro's men.
(d) Batista's men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what kind of car does Beatriz have that Elisa borrows?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Beatriz tell Isabel is important in marriage?

3. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis in Vedado?

4. In Chapter 19, what is the Tren Blindado?

5. In Chapter 13, what happened to Ana's family's rum business under Castro?

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