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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, what does Elisa do that Magda insists on accompanying her for?
2. In Chapter 26, why does Pablo tell Marisol he has been keeping tabs on her in Havana?
3. In Chapter 14, what does Elisa realize Pablo was right about when they first met?
4. In Chapter 20, what question does Maria ask that upsets her mother?
5. In Chapter 12, what promise does Elisa's father ask her to make to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis and Marisol as they walk together in Vedado?
2. In Chapter 12, how does Elisa feel about Magda?
3. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his family's restaurant in Havana?
4. In Chapter 19, what does Luis tell Marisol when she tells him she wants to belong in Cuba but she feels like she is a guest in her own country?
5. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro seek Elisa out to tell her about Pablo?
6. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa go in order to see Pablo once he is released from jail?
7. In Chapter 20, what development in Havana does Elisa's mother seem truly appalled to have heard about?
8. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?
9. In Chapter 15, what does Marisol think about Luis as a professor?
10. In Chapter 15, whose address does Ana give to Marisol, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What does Marisol learn about the Rodriguez family's paladar? What does the paladar symbolize about class inequality and struggle in Cuba? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining the foundations of Elisa's and Pablo's mutual attraction, from when they meet in Chapter 3 to the last time they see each other, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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