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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, where does Pablo tell Elisa he was before he came back to Havana?

2. What neighborhood in Havana did Elisa grow up in?

3. Who is Isabel's fiance?

4. Why does Marisol travel to Cuba for the first time?

5. In Chapter 3, whose house does Elisa go to a party at?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, why is Beatriz sneaking into her father's office?

2. In Chapter 1, who helps Marisol organize her first trip to Cuba?

3. In Chapter 3, what is Elisa's first meeting with Pablo like?

4. In Chapter 7, what secret does Elisa trust Pablo with about her own family?

5. In Chapter 1, why is Marisol traveling to Cuba for the first time?

6. Which leader does Pablo support in Chapter 7, and why does he support him?

7. In Chapter 7, why does Elisa meet Pablo in parts of town where she thinks no one she knows will see them?

8. In Chapter 9, what offer does Luis make to Marisol and how does she feel about this?

9. In Chapter 2, why does Luis tell Marisol that Miramar has survived better than other parts of Havana?

10. In Chapter 10, how does Luis explain his having such a nice car to Marisol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, why does Ana Rodriguez tell Marisol not to judge her grandmother too harshly when she gives Marisol her grandmother's box of possessions that were buried in Elisa's backyard? What does Marisol find in the box, and how does she react to it? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

After Elisa's father secures Pablo's release from Batista's prison, how does Pablo seem to feel about him? Why do you think Elisa continues to see Pablo even after she has promised her father she will cut off contact with him if he pulls strings to get Pablo out of prison? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Marisol worries about how Luis will settle into life in America, a country he has never visited and that he harbors a certain wariness towards based at least in part on its decades of embargoes and sanctions against Cuba. Write an essay explaining some of the tensions and misgivings Luis feels about America. Do you think he will be able to adjust successfully to life there as an exile himself?

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