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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Elisa realize Pablo was right about when they first met?
(a) Their parents would never get along.
(b) Everything is political.
(c) Elisa's mother would never think Pablo was handsome enough for her.
(d) One of them would need to live in exile.

2. In Chapter 15, why does Marisol feel as if she has lost her grandmother all over again?
(a) She has discovered her grandmother secretly birthed twin girls.
(b) She has discovered her grandmother had been married once before.
(c) She has discovered her grandmother was really a spy.
(d) She has discovered her grandmother had secrets she had no idea about.

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

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

5. In Chapter 12, what date is the presidential election held on in Cuba?
(a) March 15.
(b) May 5.
(c) November 1.
(d) December 15.

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa meet Pablo after he is released from prison?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) In the restaurant around the corner from her house.
(c) Guillermo's house.
(d) Alejandro's house.

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

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

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 19, who got credit for winning the Battle of Santa Clara?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Luego.
(c) Batista.
(d) Che Guevara.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol about his feelings about the U.S. embargo on Cuba?

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

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