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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marisol find most interesting in the box of items Ana gives her that Elisa had buried in Miramar?
(a) Music tapes.
(b) Letters from a man.
(c) All the lovely jewelry.
(d) Poetry Elisa wrote.

2. In Chapter 8, what does Luis tell Marisol about his bruises?
(a) He tripped and fell.
(b) One of his students was angry over a grade and hit him.
(c) He was intervening in a domestic dispute and was injured.
(d) He was mugged.

3. How did Luis's father die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) From a stray bullet.
(d) Fighting in Angola.

4. How does Pablo know the person hosting the party in Chapter 4?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They went to law school together.
(c) They are neighbors.
(d) They are cousins.

5. Who does Ana tell Marisol now has the big box of items her great-grandfather had buried in their backyard in Miramar?
(a) Maria.
(b) Elisa.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Beatriz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elisa tell Pablo is expected of her from her family in Chapter 6?

2. Who is considered the beauty of the four Perez sisters?

3. Where does Pablo ask Elisa to meet him the following day in Chapter 4?

4. What does Pablo do for Elisa in Chapter 4 that is an intimate gesture?

5. Who does Pablo put his faith in to change things for the better in Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why is Pablo wary of the upcoming elections in Cuba?

2. In Chapter 5, why does Ana tell Marisol that Elisa saw herself in Marisol?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Luis tell Marisol about the food ration system in Cuba?

4. In Chapter 4, what is Pablo able to discern from Elisa's dress and shoes?

5. In Chapter 8, what happens to Ana and Elisa when they are out to lunch?

6. In Chapter 10, how does Luis explain his having such a nice car to Marisol?

7. In Chapter 2, why is Marisol nervous when she heads through customs coming into Cuba?

8. In Chapter 7, why does Elisa meet Pablo in parts of town where she thinks no one she knows will see them?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Alejandro find Elisa specifically to tell her?

10. In Chapter 9, what offer does Luis make to Marisol and how does she feel about this?

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