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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. Where does Blanca often go to study?
(a) Her best friend's house.
(b) The church.
(c) Her sister's house.
(d) Her mother's house.

2. Where is Vera's old elementary school located?
(a) 92nd and Herald Square.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) 104th and Lexington.
(d) The Meatpacking District.

3. What does Julio realize about the reason the school is naming the auditorium after Vera?
(a) Vera wanted the school to name the auditorium after her husband John Vidal.
(b) Bodega must have arranged to make a donation to the school they thought came from Vera.
(c) Vera does not seem to care about the school at all.
(d) Vera must have given the school a lot of money.

4. What does Bodega wear to his first meeting with Vera in decades?
(a) Golfing clothes.
(b) A white silk suit.
(c) Shorts and a T-shirt.
(d) A three-piece Italian suit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julio think Bodega has an unforgettable blend of?

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

3. What age does Julio tell Blanca is ancient for a Latino woman who is not married?

4. Why does Julio hesitate to give Blanca Vera's ring?

5. What does the woman who lives in 5E give to Nazario in Round 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Julio think of Vera when he first meets her?

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

6. Why is Blanca suspicious of the new apartment Julio moves them into?

7. Why does Julio go to Blanca's church in Part IV?

8. What does Julio tell Blanca he really thinks about the Bible?

9. Why does Blanca want to try to get Claudia and Roberto Vega together?

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

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