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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. Who loans Carlos her glasses in Chapter 19?
(a) Aunt Carmela.
(b) Aunt Lucía.
(c) Chachi.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

2. What does the Spanish word "cohetes" mean?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Wasps.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Fire ants.

3. From what country did the ancestors of Carlos's mother come?
(a) Canada.
(b) Finland.
(c) Peru.
(d) Ireland.

4. Who buys Carlos and Tony comic books each Wednesday?
(a) Aunt Lucía.
(b) Aunt Carmela.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Eugenio's mother.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 7, what is the name of the chimp?
(a) Blackie.
(b) Smoky.
(c) El Loco.
(d) El Rojo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character injures his hand with a firecracker in Chapter 8?

2. Who kisses Carlos and leaves a lipstick smudge on his cheek in Chapter 6?

3. According to a magazine mentioned in Chapter 19, in what year is the world expected to end?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the game the boys play with the "pesticide Jeep"?

2. According to Chapter 22, with what are the boys sick and how do they handle it?

3. Who is Mel Blanc, and how does Carlos feel about him?

4. Why does Louis XVI wish he could have afforded to be Pilate in the church murals?

5. Summarize the contents of the Cuban history lesson the boys receive at the beginning of Chapter 4.

6. Explain what happens when people begin to shout "paredón."

7. Explain one of the lessons on hell that is described in Chapter 19.

8. Where does Carlos see the Cuba-shaped clouds, and how does he feel about them?

9. Explain Carlos's third proof for the existence of God, as related in Chapter 11.

10. What happens when the police stop Fernando's car in Chapter 26?

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