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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Spanish word for disillusionment?
(a) Camiseta.
(b) Cohete.
(c) Desengaño.
(d) Ejecución.

2. Chapter 3 mentions whom as the translator of the Bible into Latin?
(a) Saint Jerome.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Gregory the Great.
(d) Saint Francis.

3. Who unexpectedly hugs Carlos in Chapter 7?
(a) A bear cub.
(b) Tony.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) Eugenio.

4. What do Carlos and Tony call Santa Claus?
(a) Father Christmas.
(b) Saint Nick.
(c) Papá Noel.
(d) Santicló.

5. Carlos notes in Chapter 1 that his Aunt Lucia had been what political figure in a previous life?
(a) A Bourbon princess.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) A Hapsburg.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Cuban children call their birthday cakes?

2. What is the name of the beggar in Carlos's neighborhood?

3. What is the only comic book that Carlos has taken on his outing in Chapter 2?

4. From what country is Carlos's grandfather Nieto?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 6, whom does Carlos imagine at the window?

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