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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. What does the sound in the beginning of Chapter 29 turn out to be?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Firecrackers.
(c) Armies marching through the street.
(d) An alarm clock.

2. With what does the villain in Chapter 32 threaten to assault Carlos?
(a) A pair of brass knuckles.
(b) A sharp pencil.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

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

4. In Chapter 40, what does Carlos plan to request when he reaches the United States?
(a) A milkshake.
(b) A piece of gum.
(c) A hot dog.
(d) A Coca-Cola.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlos remember best from the year of school he discusses in Chapter 27?

2. According to Fidel as mentioned in Chapter 38, who is "evil"?

3. What does Carlos do at the beautiful house?

4. How is the weather in the beginning of Chapter 38?

5. How many women live in the beautiful house of which Chapter 36 speaks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the miraculous event that Carlos witnesses in Chapter 35.

2. According to Chapter 27, how would Plato have reacted to Carlos's female teacher? How would Kant have reacted?

3. According to Chapter 31, what happens when Carlos is swimming in Minnesota?

4. Who makes the peashooters and out of which material, and why do the boys use peas?

5. As discussed in Chapter 37, why does Carlos feel shame about his upbringing?

6. What happens at Carlos's co-ed school when someone finds out that a certain boy likes a certain girl?

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

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

9. Describe the Aquarium of the Revolution.

10. Describe breadfruit.

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