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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets the Mambo Kings at the Mambo Nine Club?
(a) The owner of the club.
(b) Benny More.
(c) Perez Prado and Tito Puente.
(d) Desi Arnaz and his wife, Lucille Ball.

2. Who does Cesar date for awhile?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Mia.
(c) Celia.
(d) Sarah.

3. What happens to the DeSoto?
(a) It hits a patch of ice and hits a tree.
(b) It is stolen in New Jersey.
(c) It breaks down in the middle of Pennsylvania.
(d) The breaks lock, and it hits a telephone pole.

4. How does Nestor feel about his celebrity?
(a) He is plagued by depression.
(b) He enjoys it.
(c) He loves it but misses his family.
(d) He basks in it.

5. For what are these musicians searching?
(a) Lessons in the mambo.
(b) Fame.
(c) New lives.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cesar do as Eugenio heads home on the subway?

2. What does Cesar learn about the renovated club?

3. Where is Cesar sitting as the story switches perspective?

4. Who is Fernando Perez?

5. Why can Cesar not stop what is going on at the club?

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