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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 17, what do Marisol and Luis do in the hotel?

2. In Chapter 12, what promise does Elisa's father ask her to make to him?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol about her impressions of Pablo?

4. In Chapter 15, why does Luis say that the Cuban authorities might be keeping an eye on Marisol?

5. In Chapter 25, who kills the member of the Perez family who dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol about Elisa's secret concerning Pablo that shocks Marisol?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 15, how and where does Marisol's relationship with Luis progress into romantic territory?

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

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa go in order to see Pablo once he is released from jail?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What is Elisa's relationship with each of her parents like? Why do you think Elisa is closer to Magda, her former nanny and the family housekeeper, than she is with her own mother? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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