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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 the painting Julio meets Bodega in front of depict?

2. What does Julio tell Blanca the blood on his jacket is?

3. What does Sapo tell Julio that Bodega is like in the neighborhood?

4. Who is Bodega's lawyer?

5. What does Negra's apartment face?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julio say death means if you are a good graffiti artist in Spanish Harlem?

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

3. Why do both Julio and Blanca enroll in Hunter College?

4. What does Negra tell Julio about Vera that Bodega will want to know?

5. Why does Victor refuse to go to the nearest hospital when Negra stabs him?

6. Why was Julio initially attracted to Wille Bodega?

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

8. What game do Sapo and Julio play with kites as teenagers?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Julio's art, and especially his memorial murals, mean to both him and his community of Spanish Harlem? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Julio piece together the treachery that Vera and Nazario have conspired together to perpetrated against Bodega? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does the violence between Negra and her husband Victor reveal about their marriage? How does Quinonez treat themes like marital fidelity throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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