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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. In Chapter 13, what happened to Ana's family's rum business under Castro?
(a) It was destroyed.
(b) It was nationalized.
(c) Ana's family operated it as always.
(d) It was broken into pieces and sold to American owners.

2. In Chapter 26, what does Pablo realize when he meets Elisa's father in Florida?
(a) Elisa has already married and does not really belong with him any longer.
(b) He wants to raise his son with Elisa.
(c) He needs Elisa to know he is alive no matter what.
(d) He still loves Elisa and will try to bring her back to Cuba at all costs.

3. In Chapter 23, what does Elisa do when she hears the news about the conditions in the prison?
(a) She faints.
(b) She runs home.
(c) She gets drunk.
(d) She throws up.

4. In Chapter 12, what does Elisa ask her father to do for Pablo?
(a) Get him a job.
(b) Smuggle him out of the country.
(c) Get him the medicine he needs.
(d) Get him out of prison.

5. In Chapter 22, what does the word ojala mean?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Something just beyond hope that is entirely out of one's hands.
(c) Spirit.
(d) The feeling one has just before one's greatest wish is denied.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what book does Marisol quote?

2. In Chapter 20, what year does Magda tell Elisa the current environment reminds her of?

3. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on she and Luis being together?

4. In Chapter 16, where does Pablo take Elisa when he comes to her house to pick her up?

5. In Chapter 20, who does Castro name as the provisional president?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Luis tell Marisol when she tells him she wants to belong in Cuba but she feels like she is a guest in her own country?

2. In Chapter 18, what was significant about the Battle of Santa Clara?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?

4. In Chapter 23, what happens to Elisa's family that has everyone very upset?

5. In Chapter 12, how does Elisa feel about Magda?

6. In Chapter 20, who comes to Elisa's house to share news and what news does the person share?

7. In Chapter 15, how and where does Marisol's relationship with Luis progress into romantic territory?

8. In Chapter 15, what does Marisol think about Luis as a professor?

9. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol about Elisa's secret concerning Pablo that shocks Marisol?

10. In Chapter 14, what does Pablo tell Elisa about his feelings about her father securing his release from jail that surprises Elisa?

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