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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 14, what does Elisa realize Pablo was right about when they first met?

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

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

4. In Chapter 14, how many other men were in the prison cell with Pablo?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Marisol tell Luis about her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro seek Elisa out to tell her about Pablo?

2. In Chapter 13, what does Ana tell Marisol about the beginning of Castro's regime?

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

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

5. In Chapter 20, who comes to Elisa's house to share news and what news does the person share?

6. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on her romance with Luis?

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

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

9. In Chapter 12, what does Elisa realize she must do when she goes to talk with her father about Pablo?

10. In Chapter 23, what happens to Elisa's family that has everyone very upset?

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

Why does Marisol resist her attraction to Luis in the early chapters of the novel? How and why does Marisol change her mind about the possibilities of romance with Luis? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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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