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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 kind of car does Sapo drive?

2. What does Julio realize about the reason the school is naming the auditorium after Vera?

3. What did Nazario once suggest that Bodega sell instead of drugs, and give the drugs away for free along with the sale of?

4. Who does Vega tell the congregation is the personification of love?

5. What story does Vega tell the congregation at Blanca's church in Round 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tapia tell Sapo to tell the authorities voices in his head told him to attack Mr. Blessington?

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

3. What does Julio think of Vera when he first meets her?

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

5. What does Julio tell Blanca he really thinks about the Bible?

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

7. Why is Blanca suspicious of the new apartment Julio moves them into?

8. Why does Bodega tell Julio he had Salazar killed?

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

10. Why does Julio go to Blanca's church in Part IV?

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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