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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carlos see in Chapter 1 that reminds him of the maid's breasts?
(a) Squash.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Volleyballs.
(d) Eggplants.

2. As Chapter 39 opens, what is the crowd calling Marie Antoinette?
(a) Idiot.
(b) Spic.
(c) Tramp.
(d) Peg-Leg.

3. To which organization do Tony and Carlos belong, until they realize it has too many rules?
(a) Future Homemakers of America.
(b) Hitler Youth.
(c) Cub Scouts.
(d) ROTC.

4. What do the Cuban children call their birthday cakes?
(a) Pasteles.
(b) Keikes.
(c) Bollos.
(d) Tortas.

5. Who says that "evil [...] is the absence of good"?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Kant.
(c) The Platonists.
(d) Meister Eckhart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Carlos's nanny?

2. What does the sound in the beginning of Chapter 29 turn out to be?

3. To what sin is Carlos especially prone, as described in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 11, where does young Carlos's head get stuck?

5. For what do Tony and Carlos search to exchange for pocket change?

(see the answer key)

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