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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 15, what does Marisol tell Luis about her college professors?
(a) They were never paid enough.
(b) They were very interested in their students.
(c) They were all good speakers.
(d) They were not that engaging.

2. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol when she asks if his mother ever thought of leaving Cuba with him?
(a) They tried to leave once and did not make it.
(b) His mother was jailed for trying to leave once.
(c) His mother had told him they could never risk the dangers of leaving.
(d) They never discussed it.

3. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on she and Luis being together?
(a) She is so pleased and thinks they will be good for one another.
(b) She advises Marisol to break it off with Luis because she does not want to see either one of them get hurt.
(c) She thinks it is a bad idea.
(d) She is suspicious.

4. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa meet Pablo after he is released from prison?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) Alejandro's house.
(c) Guillermo's house.
(d) In the restaurant around the corner from her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol he thought about her when he first saw her at the airport?

2. What does Pablo tell Marisol about why Elisa thought he was dead?

3. In Chapter 12, what promise does Elisa's father ask her to make to him?

4. In Chapter 19, who does Magda tell Marisol took the Perez family's leaving the hardest?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Beatriz tell Isabel is important in marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa go in order to see Pablo once he is released from jail?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his family's restaurant in Havana?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 22, what does Luis tell Elisa about how she should feel about her biological grandfather being Pablo?

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

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

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

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