View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what do Marisol and Luis do in the hotel?
(a) Have sex for the first time.
(b) Watch old movies.
(c) Order room service.
(d) Sit on the balcony and drink rum for hours.

2. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis in Vedado?
(a) He is grabbed by men and shoved into a car.
(b) He is bit by a car.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is stabbed.

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

4. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol that shocks her?
(a) Elisa had contemplated suicide.
(b) Elisa had actually married Pablo before she left Cuba.
(c) Elisa was pregnant when she fled Cuba with her family.
(d) Elisa had tried to come back to Cuba and failed.

5. In Chapter 25, where is the Perez's dining table from?
(a) England.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol when she asks if his mother ever thought of leaving Cuba with him?

2. In Chapter 26, why does Pablo tell Marisol he has been keeping tabs on her in Havana?

3. In Chapter 23, what does the family hear about Emilio Perez?

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

5. In Chapter 16, what happens between Elisa and Pablo at the house he takes her to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what does Elisa realize she must do when she goes to talk with her father about Pablo?

3. In Chapter 18, how do Elisa and her family find out that Batista has made plans to leave the country?

4. In Chapter 12, who does Elisa ask to help Pablo and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 813 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample