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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 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.

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

3. Who is the anointed in Blanca's church?
(a) Frankie Vasquez.
(b) Roberta Valdez.
(c) Robert Vasquez.
(d) Roberto Vega.

4. What does Julio think Bodega has an unforgettable blend of?
(a) Nobility and sadness.
(b) Anger and empathy.
(c) Intelligence and street.
(d) Nobility and street.

5. Where does Nazario say he wants Julio to go with him the next day after the fire in Round 6?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Inwood.
(c) Queens.
(d) Greenwich Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pastor Vasquez always wear?

2. How does Nazario refer to the process of Bodega paying for neighborhood students' college tuition?

3. What does Blanca notice that is very unusual about the new building she and Julio have moved into that belongs to Bodega?

4. Where does Blanca often go to study?

5. Who tells Julio and Blanca their house is on fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bodega and Vera try to get Julio to do with them when they show up at his door in Part IV?

2. Why does no one usually mess with Sapo?

3. How does Blanca react to seeing Vera's huge diamond ring that she gave to Julio?

4. Why does Nazario take Julio to the salsa museum?

5. What does Negra want Julio to do for her after Victor beats her up badly?

6. Why does Bodega want Julio with him to meet Vera for the first time?

7. Why does Bodega tell Julio he had Salazar killed?

8. What happened to the neighborhood after Roberto Salazar was found dead?

9. Why does Mr. Tapia tell Sapo to tell the authorities voices in his head told him to attack Mr. Blessington?

10. Why does Julio think Sapo had something to do with Salazar's death?

(see the answer keys)

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