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

2. In Chapter 18, where is Elisa when she hears that Batista is planning to leave the country?
(a) At Guillermo's house.
(b) In prison.
(c) In Miami.
(d) At a fancy New Year's Eve party in Havana.

3. In Chapter 21, who comes to Elisa's house to tell her Pablo is dead?
(a) Guillermo.
(b) Fidel.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Alejandro.

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

5. In Chapter 14, what does Elisa realize Pablo was right about when they first met?
(a) One of them would need to live in exile.
(b) Elisa's mother would never think Pablo was handsome enough for her.
(c) Their parents would never get along.
(d) Everything is political.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro find Elisa to tell her?

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

3. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol that shocks her?

4. In Chapter 25, who in the Perez family dies?

5. What does Pablo tell Marisol he knows about Ana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 22, what conclusion does Marisol come to about her grandmother's and grandfather's relationship and the truth of Marisol's father being Pablo?

6. In Chapter 20, what development in Havana does Elisa's mother seem truly appalled to have heard about?

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

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

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

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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