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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 Sapo say Julio prefers when it comes to romance?

2. Why does Bodega admit to Julio that he had Salazar killed?

3. What was Nazario's cat's name when he was a child?

4. What does Vera call Bodega?

5. Where does Nazario take Julio in Round 2 that unexpectedly delights Julio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Julio go to Queens with Nazario, and what happens there?

2. What happens to Julio's and Blanca's apartment in Part IV, and who is there immediately to help them?

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

4. What happened to the neighborhood after Roberto Salazar was found dead?

5. Why is Bodega anxious about the way Julio is dressed going to meet Vera?

6. What does Vera ask Bodega to teach her that Julio thinks is strange in Part IV?

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

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

9. Why does Bodega want Julio with him to meet Vera for the first time?

10. What does Julio hope that Blanca does not do in front of him at her church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Willie Bodega refuse to let most people in Spanish Harlem know what he looks like? Why does Bodega think that anonymity lends him more power, ultimately? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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