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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, who does Ana tell Marisol might be able to help her find more information about Elisa's former lover?
(a) Luis.
(b) Magda.
(c) Alejandro.
(d) Cristina.

3. In Chapter 23, what does Elisa do when she hears the news about the conditions in the prison?
(a) She runs home.
(b) She faints.
(c) She gets drunk.
(d) She throws up.

4. In Chapter 19, where does Magda live?
(a) La Pueblo.
(b) Santa Clara.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Miramar.

5. In Chapter 26, what does Pablo realize when he meets Elisa's father in Florida?
(a) He needs Elisa to know he is alive no matter what.
(b) He still loves Elisa and will try to bring her back to Cuba at all costs.
(c) He wants to raise his son with Elisa.
(d) Elisa has already married and does not really belong with him any longer.

6. In Chapter 21, who comes to Elisa's house to tell her Pablo is dead?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Fidel.
(c) Alejandro.
(d) Guillermo.

7. In Chapter 19, what does Marisol tell Luis she feels like in Cuba?
(a) A native.
(b) A lover.
(c) A visitor in her own country.
(d) A fighter.

8. In Chapter 15, where do Marisol and Luis kiss for the first time?
(a) At the Malecon.
(b) At the beach in Veradero.
(c) At the Tropicana.
(d) At the paladar.

9. What does Pablo tell Marisol about why Elisa thought he was dead?
(a) He sent a telegram to Elisa but he knows it never got to her.
(b) He told Beatriz to tell Elisa he was alive but he knows she never did.
(c) He was shot and severely injured at Santa Clara, and in the confusion Guillermo thought he was dead.
(d) He was stabbed at Santa Clara and left the country afterwards.

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

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

12. In Chapter 13, what happened to Ana's family's rum business under Castro?
(a) It was nationalized.
(b) Ana's family operated it as always.
(c) It was broken into pieces and sold to American owners.
(d) It was destroyed.

13. In Chapter 13, what book does Marisol quote?
(a) Animal Farm.
(b) 1984.
(c) Fahrenheit 451.
(d) Madame Bovary.

14. In Chapter 26, who comes to see Marisol as she is being detained?
(a) Raul Castro.
(b) Emilio.
(c) Alejandro.
(d) Pablo, her biological grandfather.

15. In Chapter 15, what question is Marisol plagued by during her time in Havana?
(a) Whether her great-grandfather had broken the law to make his fortune.
(b) Whether her grandmother really did like Fidel Castro or not.
(c) What might have happened to her and her family if they had never left Cuba.
(d) Whether she could be a journalist while living here.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?

2. In Chapter 19, what landmark does Magda live near?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Luis tell Marisol about his history of bringing women home?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Elisa ask her father to do for Pablo?

5. In Chapter 24, what do Luis and Marisol drink at the Malecon?

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