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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bodega want to do right before he sees Vera for the first time?
(a) Make a financial deal.
(b) Smoke a joint.
(c) Eat ice cream.
(d) Paint a mural.

2. What was Nazario's cat's name when he was a child?
(a) Vera.
(b) Bodega.
(c) Nettle.
(d) Guayo.

3. Who is the so-called "Fish of Loisaida"?
(a) Willie Bodega.
(b) Peter Nazario.
(c) John Vidal.
(d) Aaron Fischman.

4. Why is Julio worried Blanca will make a connection between news reports of Salazar's death and Sapo?
(a) A man who looks like Sapo is wanted in connection with Salazar's death.
(b) The news reports mention bite marks on Salazar's body.
(c) Salazar's body was found in Sapo's neighborhood.
(d) Blanca knows that Sapo had a grudge against Salazar.

5. What does Blanca notice that is very unusual about the new building she and Julio have moved into that belongs to Bodega?
(a) It has working heat.
(b) The drug dealers all seem to avoid it.
(c) It has a door person.
(d) It is made all out of concrete.

6. What neighborhood does Nazario tell Julio is lost in Round 2, as opposed to Spanish Harlem?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Inwood.
(c) The Rockaways.
(d) Loisaida.

7. Who does Vega tell the congregation is the personification of love?
(a) Job.
(b) William.
(c) Jehovah.
(d) Mark.

8. Who does Julio assume set the fire in their apartment building?
(a) Fischman.
(b) Nazario.
(c) Vera.
(d) Sapo.

9. Who tells Julio he is welcome at his club any time just because Julio was seen with Nazario that day?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Juan.
(d) Ebarito.

10. Who tells Julio and Blanca their house is on fire?
(a) Nazario.
(b) Sapo.
(c) Bodega.
(d) George Vato.

11. Who is Roberto's older brother?
(a) Bert Vega.
(b) Roberto Vega.
(c) Frankie Vega.
(d) Googie Vega.

12. What job does Julio like the least at the grocery store?
(a) Meat packing.
(b) Working in the alcohol sales section.
(c) Pricing cans.
(d) Working in the freezer section.

13. What does Julio tell Blanca he thinks about the Bible?
(a) It is too heavy.
(b) It is quoted too frequently.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It is the most sexist book ever written.

14. Which club do Vera and Bodega want to go to?
(a) The Salsa Verde.
(b) The Green Room.
(c) The Rainbow Round.
(d) The Palladium.

15. What does Mr. Blessington do to Sapo that angers Sapo in their physical altercation?
(a) Puts Sapo in a headlock.
(b) Cuts Sapo's hair.
(c) Punches Sapo in the face.
(d) Slices Sapo's ear with a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Blanca often go to study?

2. Which poet does Julio ask Mr. Blessington if the class can study?

3. Why does Bodega admit to Julio that he had Salazar killed?

4. What story does Vega tell the congregation at Blanca's church in Round 5?

5. What does Vera ask Bodega to teach her how to do in Part IV?

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