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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 9, how does Marisol remember Elisa's feelings towards Castro?

2. Who is the president of Cuba who is overthrown in the late 1950s?

3. How does Pablo know the person hosting the party in Chapter 4?

4. What does Pablo tell Elisa about his family in Chapter 7?

5. In what year does Marisol travel to Cuba for the first time in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who picks Marisol up at the airport in Chapter 2, and why?

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

3. In Chapter 1, why is Elisa fleeing Cuba with her family?

4. In Chapter 9, why does Marisol find it difficult to be around Luis?

5. In Chapter 4, what is Pablo able to discern from Elisa's dress and shoes?

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

7. In Chapter 8, what happens to Ana and Elisa when they are out to lunch?

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

9. In Chapter 5, what advice does Ana give to Marisol when she gives Marisol Elisa's box that was buried in the backyard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing and exploring Marisol's complex feelings when she first arrives in Cuba at the start of the novel, keeping in mind her main reason for traveling there and citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Luis remains so committed to staying in Cuba, even after the regime detains and beats him, and even though he will almost surely be imprisoned for life or killed if he stays? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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