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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the buffer between the Perez family and the other servants after the election in Chapter 12?
(a) Alejandro.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Magda.
(d) Pablo.

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

3. What was one reason Luis tells Marisol that he and Cristina broke up?
(a) She wanted to move to America and he did not.
(b) He wanted her to quit her job at the restaurant and she did not.
(c) She wanted him to quit his job at the university and he did not.
(d) She wanted children and he did not.

4. 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) Whether she could be a journalist while living here.
(d) What might have happened to her and her family if they had never left Cuba.

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

6. In Chapter 19, who does Magda tell Marisol took the Perez family's leaving the hardest?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Elisa.
(d) Maria.

7. In Chapter 20, who is the first person Elisa tells she is pregnant?
(a) Beatriz.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Madga.
(d) Pablo.

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

9. In Chapter 14, how many other men were in the prison cell with Pablo?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

10. What does Marisol ask Pablo if he would like to have back?
(a) His grandfather's cufflinks.
(b) His dignity.
(c) His fame.
(d) His grandmother's ring that he gave to Elisa.

11. In Chapter 23, where does Elisa hear that Pablo died?
(a) Santa Clara.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Antigua.
(d) Barbados.

12. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro find Elisa to tell her?
(a) He needs money desperately.
(b) She needs to leave Cuba immediately.
(c) Their mother needs to leave Cuba immediately.
(d) Pablo has been jailed and will likely be killed.

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

14. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?
(a) He has a child.
(b) His grandmother is not really his grandmother.
(c) His father is not really dead.
(d) He is no longer married.

15. In Chapter 16, where does Pablo tell Elisa that Che is marching towards?
(a) Miramar.
(b) Vedado.
(c) Miami.
(d) Santa Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol when she asks if his mother ever thought of leaving Cuba with him?

2. In Chapter 19, who got credit for winning the Battle of Santa Clara?

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

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

5. In Chapter 26, who comes to see Marisol as she is being detained?

(see the answer keys)

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