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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 20, who is the first person Elisa tells she is pregnant?

2. What does Marisol ask Pablo if he would like to have back?

3. In Chapter 15, what question is Marisol plagued by during her time in Havana?

4. In Chapter 13, why does Ana tell Marisol she stayed in Cuba?

5. In Chapter 19, what landmark does Magda live near?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 15, whose address does Ana give to Marisol, and why?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 18, how do Elisa and her family find out that Batista has made plans to leave the country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What is the Cuban convertible peso and how is it different from other currencies used in Cuba? What does the Cuban convertible peso symbolize?

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