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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high is the cliff over which the boys and Louis XVI frequently go?
(a) Fifteen feet.
(b) One hundred feet.
(c) Fifty feet.
(d) Two hundred feet.

2. How much time passes before Marie Antoinette is about to meet her boys in the United States?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3-1/2 years.
(d) 6 months.

3. What aspect of the breadfruit "[speaks] of swamps, ooze, eggs and sperm, and infinite reproduction"?
(a) Its appearance.
(b) Its taste.
(c) The sound of its explosion.
(d) Its smell.

4. What is the nickname of the pool man at the beach club to which Manuel and Rafael belong?
(a) El Loco.
(b) Sherlock.
(c) Popeye.
(d) El Soldado.

5. Who throws the final breadfruit?
(a) Tony.
(b) Rafael.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Carlos.

6. With whom does Carlos share his fear of sharks?
(a) His wife.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Tony.
(d) Ernesto.

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

8. According to Chapter 37, with what is Carlos's Havana "dotted"?
(a) Exotic milkshakes.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Beautiful women.
(d) Pools.

9. What is the name of the family that temporarily adopts Carlos in Miami?
(a) Becquer.
(b) Potok.
(c) Maupassant.
(d) Chait.

10. In his speeches, what does Fidel call the children who are being exiled to the United States?
(a) "Pampered boys."
(b) "Cowards."
(c) "Spoiled brats."
(d) "Scum-eaters."

11. What feeling does this chapter express?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Contrition.
(d) Peace.

12. By Chapter 35, which of Carlos's friends is already in the United States?
(a) Rafael.
(b) Ernesto.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Eugenio.

13. What is the most noticeable thing about the woman mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 34?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her large feet.
(c) Her rear end.
(d) The color of her shirt.

14. What is the nickname for the place where the boys wait in the airport?
(a) The wailing room.
(b) La quincena.
(c) Virgil's Place.
(d) The fishbowl.

15. According to Chapter 30, who had been threatening to use voodoo against Carlos?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Caridad.
(c) Inocencia.
(d) Nilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who catches Carlos and his friends taunting the young soldiers?

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

3. Who is Marie Antoinette's companion during the events of Chapter 39?

4. What is the place where Carlos lives mentally while he waits to be sent to the United States?

5. As Chapter 39 opens, what is the crowd calling Marie Antoinette?

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