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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. According to the reports of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Chapter 29, who has been arrested?
(a) Aunt Lucía.
(b) Filo.
(c) Pepito.
(d) The Jamaican man.

2. What is the name for counter-Revolutionaries, as mentioned in Chapter 29?
(a) Worms.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Perverts.
(d) Cockroaches.

3. Which person would never have noticed Carlos's teacher at the co-ed school?
(a) Kant.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Plato.

4. What is accompanying the villain in Chapter 32?
(a) A chimpanzee.
(b) A dog.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A cat.

5. On what character does this chapter focus?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Ernesto.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Fernando.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Chapter 35, which of Carlos's friends is already in the United States?

2. Who is "capable of poisoning [Carlos's] relationship with [his] father"?

3. What does Carlos do on the morning of the day he leaves Cuba?

4. Who has an empty pool under his house?

5. What sound is present in Carlos's dreams in the opening of Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does El Loco become the hero of Chapter 32?

2. What is Ernesto's family history?

3. According to Chapter 28, for what is Carlos's uncle Mario almost imprisoned?

4. Describe Filo's situation in the auditorium, as Carlos relates in Chapter 29.

5. Describe the Aquarium of the Revolution.

6. Why is Fidel's milk consumption in Chapter 36 significant?

7. Describe Addison's backyard.

8. Describe the young man who accosts Carlos and Jorge in Chapter 32.

9. How does Carlos feel about Lou and Norma Chait?

10. How does Carlos feel now as an adult about the time when he killed many lizards?

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