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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what is Cesar plagued?
(a) Bouts of depression.
(b) The desire to gamble.
(c) Heart trouble.
(d) Melancholy in the loss of his daughter, who lives with her mother in Havana.

2. What is Cesar's intention?
(a) To watch people play on the beach.
(b) To direct a new movie.
(c) To make dinner.
(d) To drink himself to death.

3. What does Cesar do soon after returning from Cuba?
(a) He joins the Merchant Marines.
(b) He becomes a maintanence man.
(c) He buys an icecream stand.
(d) He returns to the Mambo Kings.

4. What happens to Delores and Nestor?
(a) They become inseperable.
(b) They realize they can only be friends.
(c) They get lost in New York City.
(d) They begin to argue.

5. What does Delores prepare for the guests?
(a) An all-American meal.
(b) Huge plates of Cuban food.
(c) A performance.
(d) A place to stay the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nestor do to help Maria?

2. How does Cesar try to help his brother?

3. What happens to the DeSoto?

4. Who are Cesar and Nestor Castillo?

5. When does Nestor first meet Maria?

(see the answer key)

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