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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Ana tell Marisol about the way terrible things happen?
(a) They rarely happen all at once.
(b) They are often very quick and final.
(c) They are rarely unbearable.
(d) They often happen only to rich people in Cuba.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 26, why does Pablo tell Marisol he has been keeping tabs on her in Havana?
(a) He failed Elisa once and does not want to fail Marisol too.
(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 wants to leave Cuba with her.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

12. In Chapter 14, what kind of car does Beatriz have that Elisa borrows?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Hyundai.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Mercedes.

13. In Chapter 23, where do Beatriz and Elisa go to find out about their father?
(a) The airport.
(b) Miami.
(c) La Cabana.
(d) The Tropicana.

14. In Chapter 12, who does Alejandro suggest Elisa ask for help with Pablo?
(a) Their father.
(b) Guillermo.
(c) Magda.
(d) Their mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what outfit does Marisol wear to go out for the day with Luis?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol about her impressions of Pablo?

3. In Chapter 12, what date is the presidential election held on in Cuba?

4. In Chapter 23, what does Elisa do when she hears the news about the conditions in the prison?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Pablo give Elisa that was his grandmother's?

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