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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 26, who does Pablo work with in Cuba to help reform the legal system?
2. In Chapter 15, where do Marisol and Luis kiss for the first time?
3. In Chapter 19, what does Luis say decided the Battle of Santa Clara?
4. In Chapter 16, where does Pablo tell Elisa that Che is marching towards?
5. In Chapter 15, what outfit does Marisol wear to go out for the day with Luis?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 15, whose address does Ana give to Marisol, and why?
2. In Chapter 18, how do Elisa and her family find out that Batista has made plans to leave the country?
3. In Chapter 19, what does Luis tell Marisol when she tells him she wants to belong in Cuba but she feels like she is a guest in her own country?
4. In Chapter 24, what happens to Luis and Marisol as they walk together in Vedado?
5. In Chapter 13, what does Ana tell Marisol about the beginning of Castro's regime?
6. In Chapter 22, what does Ana tell Marisol about her feelings on her romance with Luis?
7. In Chapter 13, what does Luis tell Marisol about his personal life that shocks her?
8. In Chapter 12, what does Alejandro seek Elisa out to tell her about Pablo?
9. In Chapter 12, how does Elisa feel about Magda?
10. In Chapter 14, where does Elisa go in order to see Pablo once he is released from jail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the similarities between Elisa's relationship with her immediate nuclear family in the 1950s and 1960s and Marisol's relationship with her immediately nuclear family in the present-day? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support them.
Essay Topic 2
What is Elisa's relationship with each of her parents like? Why do you think Elisa is closer to Magda, her former nanny and the family housekeeper, than she is with her own mother? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Marisol try to explain the loathing the exiles in her grandmother's generation always felt for Fidel Castro, even after his death? What resentments do exiles hold against Castro, according to Marisol?
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