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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julian happy to find in the room he rents in Guatemala City?
(a) A sink.
(b) Food.
(c) A good reading lamp.
(d) A real mattress.

2. What nationality is the organ grinder that Julian sees in the park?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Mayan.
(d) Guatemalan.

3. At the beginning of the novel, how many weeks had passed since Julian left Mexico City?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What does Julian say about Saavedra in Chapter 5?
(a) He is too shy.
(b) He's impossible to talk with.
(c) He's a really good man.
(d) He is mean.

5. What nickname does Sol's nanny call her?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Nina.
(d) Dearest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian ask Panoplo about?

2. What does Senor Fremin write to ask a colleague?

3. What is the name of Sol's nanny?

4. What does Lucia do after she reads the newspaper article about Julian?

5. What kind of towers does Julian see when he first views Guatemala City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Julian beats Don Manuel at chess?

2. What role does Xenufla play in the prologue?

3. What does Julian think about when he is in the cantina El Ultimo?

4. What does Julian think of Professor Saavedra?

5. Why does Julian begin to weep when he sees Panoplo?

6. How is Julian's play received?

7. What kind of job does Julian hope to receive in Guatemala?

8. What did Julian's friends and family tell him about his dreams of freeing Cuba?

9. What is Lucia's state of mind at the beginning of Chapter 21?

10. What does Professor Saavedra hope for Julian?

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