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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. Who was the Italian crime boss in New York for many years?

2. What does Negra's apartment face?

3. In Round 9, where does Bodega want to meet Julio?

4. Who is Bodega's lawyer?

5. What religion is Blanca?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What painting do Bodega and Julio look at in the art museum in Part II?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why was Julio initially attracted to Wille Bodega?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the foundations of the bond between Julio and Sapo? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would the course of the novel's plot been different if Julio had decided not to keep his secrets about Bodega and Vera from Blanca? What piece of crucial information did Blanca hold about her Aunt Vera that could have saved Bodega? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What is Bodega's greatest fear about meeting Vera? What does he most fervently wish for Vera to think about him when she sees him for the first time after decades? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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