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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 is Vera's old elemnatary school?

2. What is the name of the company Bodega owns property under?

3. What does Julio do in Bodega's office he knows Blanca would not approve of?

4. Which friend of Blanca's is Blanca trying to find a husband for?

5. In Round 3, who asks Sapo to bring Julio to see him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Bodega fund so many college educations for young Puerto Ricans?

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

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

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

8. In Part II, why has Negra stabbed her husband Victor?

9. Why does Blanca dislike Sapo?

10. Who does Blanca tell Julio that her Aunt Veronica married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and how does Julio begin to realize why Willie Bodega has really sought him out? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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