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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Negra's apartment face?
(a) Rockaway Beach.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The East River.
(d) The High Line.

2. What is the name of the high school Julio attends?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Julia de Burgos.
(c) Willie Bodega.
(d) John C. Calhoun.

3. What is Sapo's real name?
(a) Willie.
(b) Edwin.
(c) Julio.
(d) Enrique.

4. In Round 7, what apartment is Bodega in when Sapo and Julio come to see him?
(a) 12B.
(b) 40B.
(c) 23A.
(d) 38C.

5. What instrument did Blanca used to play in church?
(a) Violin.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Tambourine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julio owe Negra at the end of Round 7?

2. What did most of Julio's Hispanic teachers do with the Hispanic students in school?

3. What talent does Julio have that people in the neighborhood ask him to use?

4. What movie stub did Negra find in her husband's pocket?

5. Who does Blanca tell Julio her Aunt Vera had been in love with in her youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Blanca ask Julio if he knows any men who want to get married?

2. Why does Julio go to see Blanca's sister Negra?

3. Why does Bodega order a goose for Sapo to collect in Part II?

4. Why does Bodega fund so many college educations for young Puerto Ricans?

5. What bothers Julio about his meetings with Bodega in Part II?

6. Why does Julio turn down Bodega's offer to work for him at first?

7. What does Julio think about general relationships between Puerto Ricans and Cubans?

8. Why does Blanca tell Julio she liked him from the beginning?

9. What does Bodega tell Julio he wants for the neighborhood?

10. Who does Blanca tell Julio that her Aunt Veronica married?

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