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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one reason Luis tells Marisol that he and Cristina broke up?
(a) She wanted him to quit his job at the university and he did not.
(b) She wanted to move to America and he did not.
(c) He wanted her to quit her job at the restaurant and she did not.
(d) She wanted children and he did not.

2. In Chapter 21, who comes to Elisa's house to tell her Pablo is dead?
(a) Alejandro.
(b) Manuel.
(c) Guillermo.
(d) Fidel.

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

4. In Chapter 16, where does Pablo take Elisa when he comes to her house to pick her up?
(a) A house in Vedado.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) Guillermo's house.

5. 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 sad about her grandmother.
(d) He thought she looked confused.

6. In Chapter 15, what does Luis tell Marisol about his history of bringing women home?
(a) He only ever brought his ex-wife home.
(b) He does it only infrequently.
(c) He does it often.
(d) He does not do it because he lives with his mother and grandmother.

7. In Chapter 23, what does Beatriz tell Elisa about what is happening in the prison?
(a) They are shooting people three times daily.
(b) The men are being forced to work.
(c) There is not enough medicine.
(d) There are fights over food.

8. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro find Elisa to tell her?
(a) She needs to leave Cuba immediately.
(b) He needs money desperately.
(c) Their mother needs to leave Cuba immediately.
(d) Pablo has been jailed and will likely be killed.

9. In Chapter 24, what happens to Marisol in Vedado?
(a) She is stabbed.
(b) She is grabbed by men and thrown into a car.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She gets lost.

10. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?
(a) His grandmother is not really his grandmother.
(b) He is no longer married.
(c) He has a child.
(d) His father is not really dead.

11. In Chapter 26, who comes to see Marisol as she is being detained?
(a) Pablo, her biological grandfather.
(b) Emilio.
(c) Alejandro.
(d) Raul Castro.

12. In Chapter 15, what does Marisol tell Luis about her mother?
(a) Her mother is dead.
(b) She has not seen her mother in more than 10 years.
(c) They are like polite strangers.
(d) They are very close.

13. In Chapter 19, who got credit for winning the Battle of Santa Clara?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Luego.
(c) Che Guevara.
(d) Batista.

14. In Chapter 25, who in the Perez family dies?
(a) Alejandro.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Maria.
(d) Emilio.

15. In Chapter 18, where is Elisa when she hears that Batista is planning to leave the country?
(a) In Miami.
(b) In prison.
(c) At Guillermo's house.
(d) At a fancy New Year's Eve party in Havana.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, where has Batista fled?

2. In Chapter 15, why does Marisol feel as if she has lost her grandmother all over again?

3. In Chapter 26, who does Pablo work with in Cuba to help reform the legal system?

4. In Chapter 17, what do Marisol and Luis do in the hotel?

5. In Chapter 13, who does Ana tell Marisol might be able to help her find more information about Elisa's former lover?

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