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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. What does Paul think Segarra has decided to do to him?

2. Whose apartment does Paul move into in this chapter?

3. Where does Lotterman send Paul to do some research?

4. Who upsets Sala in this chapter?

5. What was the name of Al's pianist?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do all the characters working on the newspaper give Paul a bad first impression of his new job and life in San Juan ?

2. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

3. What gives the reader the idea that Paul intends to stay in San Juan?

4. What does Paul do on his first day at the newspaper?

5. Describe how Al built up his business.

6. Describe the San Juan News.

7. How does Paul feel about Yeaman and Chanault's relationship in Chapter 3?

8. What problems do Paul, Sala and Yeaman run into at the bar?

9. How does Paul try to get revenge on Segarra?

10. What does Paul do on his first night in San Juan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following characters and write his/her character background:

1) Paul Kemp

2) Sala

3) Yeamon

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Thompson use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

What role did Americans play in Puerto Rican life in the Fifties? Why was Puerto Rico such an attractive place for Americans to go to in the Fifties? How has American tourism and American culture changed Puerto Rico?

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