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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Elisa has already married and does not really belong with him any longer.
(c) He still loves Elisa and will try to bring her back to Cuba at all costs.
(d) He wants to raise his son with Elisa.

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

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

5. In Chapter 22, what does Marisol say to Luis when he asks if she thinks her grandfather knew that her father was not his biological son?
(a) She thinks he must have known.
(b) She knows for a fact that her grandmother told him.
(c) She knows for a fact that her grandmother did not tell him.
(d) She thinks he probably figured it out for himself.

6. In Chapter 25, who in the Perez family dies?
(a) Alejandro.
(b) Emilio.
(c) Beatriz.
(d) Maria.

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

8. In Chapter 16, what happens between Elisa and Pablo at the house he takes her to?
(a) They watch television.
(b) They attend a communist meeting together.
(c) They eat dinner together.
(d) They have sex for the first time.

9. 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.

10. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol he thought about her when he first saw her at the airport?
(a) He thought she was beautiful and hoped she was there for him to pick up.
(b) He thought she looked confused.
(c) He thought she looked very American.
(d) He thought she looked sad about her grandmother.

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

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

13. In Chapter 16, what does Pablo give Elisa that was his grandmother's?
(a) An engagement ring.
(b) A vintage scarf.
(c) A pair of earrings.
(d) A vintage pin.

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

15. In Chapter 25, where is the Perez's dining table from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) England.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what does the family hear about Emilio Perez?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Magda tell Elisa Beatriz should be doing?

3. In Chapter 24, who does Marisol think the men who grab Luis look like?

4. In Chapter 19, who does Magda tell Marisol took the Perez family's leaving the hardest?

5. In Chapter 25, who kills the member of the Perez family who dies?

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