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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 does Magda tell Marisol about her impressions of Pablo?
(a) He was nice, and she thought he was good for Elisa.
(b) He was brilliant, but cold.
(c) He was trouble from the beginning.
(d) He seemed to be using Elisa to get closer to the Perez family.

2. In Chapter 12, what promise does Elisa's father ask her to make to him?
(a) She will leave Cuba immediately with Pablo.
(b) She will never see Pablo again.
(c) She will find her brother Alejandro and bring him home.
(d) She will tell him exactly what Beatriz is up to.

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

4. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis in Vedado?
(a) He is bit by a car.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is grabbed by men and shoved into a car.
(d) He is shot.

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

6. In Chapter 26, why does Pablo tell Marisol he has been keeping tabs on her in Havana?
(a) He wants to leave Cuba with her.
(b) He wants to make sure she knows he loves her.
(c) He wants to make sure Luis is not going to be trouble for her.
(d) He failed Elisa once and does not want to fail Marisol too.

7. In Chapter 26, who does Pablo work with in Cuba to help reform the legal system?
(a) Mortadella.
(b) Bianco.
(c) Luego.
(d) Calderio.

8. In Chapter 12, what does Elisa ask her father to do for Pablo?
(a) Smuggle him out of the country.
(b) Get him a job.
(c) Get him out of prison.
(d) Get him the medicine he needs.

9. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol about his feelings about the U.S. embargo on Cuba?
(a) It is ridiculous and hurts only the Cuban people.
(b) It hurts Cristina the most because she is the businessperson in the family.
(c) It is completely effective and warranted.
(d) It is necessary.

10. In Chapter 15, who drives Marisol to the university so she can sit in on one of Luis's classes?
(a) Alejandro.
(b) Ana.
(c) Cristina.
(d) Caridad.

11. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on she and Luis being together?
(a) She is so pleased and thinks they will be good for one another.
(b) She advises Marisol to break it off with Luis because she does not want to see either one of them get hurt.
(c) She thinks it is a bad idea.
(d) She is suspicious.

12. In Chapter 23, what does Beatriz tell Elisa about what is happening in the prison?
(a) The men are being forced to work.
(b) There are fights over food.
(c) They are shooting people three times daily.
(d) There is not enough medicine.

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

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

15. In Chapter 15, what does Luis tell Marisol about his history of bringing women home?
(a) He does not do it because he lives with his mother and grandmother.
(b) He does it only infrequently.
(c) He only ever brought his ex-wife home.
(d) He does it often.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what happens to Marisol in Vedado?

2. In Chapter 15, why does Luis say that the Cuban authorities might be keeping an eye on Marisol?

3. What was one reason Luis tells Marisol that he and Cristina broke up?

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

5. In Chapter 20, what year does Magda tell Elisa the current environment reminds her of?

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