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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa meet Pablo after he is released from prison?
(a) Alejandro's house.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) Guillermo's house.
(d) In the restaurant around the corner from her house.

2. In Chapter 20, what question does Maria ask that upsets her mother?
(a) Whether people will come to their house for them, and for their money.
(b) Whether they will be able to get out of the country safely.
(c) Whether they will lose all their designer gowns.
(d) Whether they will be able to keep their businesses.

3. In Chapter 19, who does Magda tell Marisol took the Perez family's leaving the hardest?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Maria.
(d) Elisa.

4. What does Pablo tell Marisol he knows about Ana?
(a) Elisa loved her very much.
(b) Ana is making plans to leave Cuba illegally.
(c) Ana is really a spy.
(d) Ana is going to die soon.

5. In Chapter 12, who does Alejandro suggest Elisa ask for help with Pablo?
(a) Their father.
(b) Magda.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Guillermo.

6. In Chapter 12, what promise does Elisa's father ask her to make to him?
(a) She will tell him exactly what Beatriz is up to.
(b) She will find her brother Alejandro and bring him home.
(c) She will leave Cuba immediately with Pablo.
(d) She will never see Pablo again.

7. In Chapter 19, where does Magda live?
(a) La Pueblo.
(b) Miramar.
(c) Santa Clara.
(d) Chinatown.

8. In Chapter 17, what does Luis tell Marisol he thought about her when he first saw her at the airport?
(a) He thought she looked very American.
(b) He thought she was beautiful and hoped she was there for him to pick up.
(c) He thought she looked confused.
(d) He thought she looked sad about her grandmother.

9. In Chapter 13, what does Ana tell Marisol about the way terrible things happen?
(a) They are rarely unbearable.
(b) They are often very quick and final.
(c) They often happen only to rich people in Cuba.
(d) They rarely happen all at once.

10. In Chapter 19, what is the Tren Blindado?
(a) A famous flower garden.
(b) The monument to the turning point in the Battle of Santa Clara.
(c) A monument to General Tren.
(d) A train that was used to transport critical materials to the rebels.

11. In Chapter 19, what does Magda tell Marisol that shocks her?
(a) Elisa had actually married Pablo before she left Cuba.
(b) Elisa had tried to come back to Cuba and failed.
(c) Elisa was pregnant when she fled Cuba with her family.
(d) Elisa had contemplated suicide.

12. In Chapter 13, who does Ana tell Marisol might be able to help her find more information about Elisa's former lover?
(a) Cristina.
(b) Alejandro.
(c) Luis.
(d) Magda.

13. In Chapter 26, what does Pablo realize when he meets Elisa's father in Florida?
(a) He needs Elisa to know he is alive no matter what.
(b) Elisa has already married and does not really belong with him any longer.
(c) He still loves Elisa and will try to bring her back to Cuba at all costs.
(d) He wants to raise his son with Elisa.

14. In Chapter 16, what does Pablo give Elisa that was his grandmother's?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) A vintage pin.
(c) An engagement ring.
(d) A vintage scarf.

15. In Chapter 15, what question is Marisol plagued by during her time in Havana?
(a) Whether she could be a journalist while living here.
(b) What might have happened to her and her family if they had never left Cuba.
(c) Whether her grandmother really did like Fidel Castro or not.
(d) Whether her great-grandfather had broken the law to make his fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where is Elisa when she hears that Batista is planning to leave the country?

2. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro find Elisa to tell her?

4. In Chapter 24, who does Marisol think the men who grab Luis look like?

5. In Chapter 25, who in the Perez family dies?

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