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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cesar do in his basement workshop?
(a) Mourns the changes which are now running rampant in Cuba.
(b) He is building an altar for the neighborhood church.
(c) He watches television.
(d) He teaches Eugenio how to work with wood.

3. What does Lydia love about Cesar?
(a) His music.
(b) His humor.
(c) His family.
(d) His passion.

4. How does Cesar try to help his brother?
(a) He takes him to a therapist.
(b) He takes him for massages and herbal cleansings.
(c) He gives him money.
(d) He has him put on anti-anxiety medication.

5. Why is it now difficult to make a living in Cuba?
(a) A hurricane wiped out many cities.
(b) Fidel Castro in the new leader.
(c) There is a drought.
(d) Most Cubans have left Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cesar's wife finally leave him?

2. About what does Cesar worry?

3. Where does Cesar continue to play?

4. How long is Cesar left waiting at the subway stop?

5. What does Cesar begin to do?

(see the answer key)

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