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

2. In Chapter 15, why had Batista closed the universities in 1956?
(a) He thought they were too expensive.
(b) He had never liked professors.
(c) He wanted to re-write the curriculum for history.
(d) He was afraid of the radical ideas coming out of them.

3. In Chapter 24, who does Marisol think the men who grab Luis look like?
(a) Fidel's men.
(b) Mafia men.
(c) Batista's men.
(d) American spies.

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

5. In Chapter 12, what does Magda tell Elisa Beatriz should be doing?
(a) Shopping for better clothes.
(b) Learning how to cook.
(c) Trying to find a husband.
(d) Learning the law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was one reason Luis tells Marisol that he and Cristina broke up?

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

4. In Chapter 24, what happens to Marisol in Vedado?

5. In Chapter 19, what does Marisol tell Luis she feels like in Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis and Marisol as they walk together in Vedado?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on her romance with Luis?

7. In Chapter 20, what does Elisa want to do that Magda cautions her against, but then joins her in?

8. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro seek Elisa out to tell her about Pablo?

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

10. 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?

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