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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 political family does Bodega say he is modeling his approach after?

2. Who is at Bodega's apartment in Round 7 when Julio and Sapo get there?

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

4. What is Vera's old elemnatary school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does real estate ownership fit into Bodega's plans?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Sapo speak about women in Part I?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Julio decides to help the older immigrant man and his grandson from Puerto Rico himself when they tell him they are looking for Bodega? What does Julio's selfless gesture and the immigrants themselves represent? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How did the way that Julio's, Sapo's, and Blanca's junior high school teachers - especially Mr. Blessington and Mr. Tapia - treat them affect them later on in life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Julio is so charmed by the Salsa Museum Nazario takes him to? What does the salsa museum seem to mean to Julio? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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