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

2. In Chapter 3, who does Elisa meet at the party who she later meets up with in Part I?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Che.
(c) Luis.
(d) Fidel.

3. Why does Marisol travel to Cuba for the first time?
(a) For a job interview.
(b) To visit her lover.
(c) To leave her grandmother Elisa's ashes there per Elisa's request.
(d) To see the beaches.

4. In Chapter 3, where have Elisa's parents gone on a trip?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Miami.
(c) Antigua.
(d) Veradero.

5. In Chapter 11, what do Ana and Marisol drink as Marisol asks Ana about Elisa?
(a) Seltzer soda.
(b) Rum.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Orange juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Isabel's fiance?

2. Who is the Perez's housekeeper in the 1950s?

3. In Chapter 4, what gives Elisa away to Pablo as being wealthy?

4. In Chapter 10, what place of worship does Marisol go into?

5. Who are Marisol's sisters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, why is Marisol traveling to Cuba for the first time?

4. In Chapter 3, what is Elisa's sister Beatriz known for?

5. In Chapter 3, how does Elisa feel about her family's relationship with sugar?

6. In Chapter 1, why is Elisa fleeing Cuba with her family?

7. In Chapter 9, how does Luis explain his cuts and bruises to Elisa?

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

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

10. In Chapter 7, why is Beatriz sneaking into her father's office?

(see the answer keys)

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