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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 11, what do Ana and Marisol drink as Marisol asks Ana about Elisa?

2. In Chapter 11, what dinner is Ana making that evening for the paladar?

3. Who is the youngest of the Perez sisters?

4. What has Alejandro done that Elisa reveals in Chapter 7 which prevents him from coming back home?

5. What does Ana tell Marisol about the man Elisa had been involved with in her youth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, how does Elisa feel about her family's relationship with sugar?

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

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

6. In Chapter 8, why is Pablo wary of the upcoming elections in Cuba?

7. In Chapter 10, what does Luis tell Marisol about the food ration system in Cuba?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring the friendship of Elisa Perez and Ana Rodriguez. How does their friendship survive decades of physical separation and the dramatic divergence of their life paths?

Essay Topic 3

How does Marisol try to explain the loathing the exiles in her grandmother's generation always felt for Fidel Castro, even after his death? What resentments do exiles hold against Castro, according to Marisol?

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