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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Nestor invite the girl?
(a) A movie.
(b) The park.
(c) The Imperial Ballroom.
(d) His home.

2. How does Cesar feel about his celebrity?
(a) He is unsure about it.
(b) He is ashamed of it.
(c) He basks in it.
(d) He worries about losing it.

3. What does Cesar do to Delores?
(a) He abuses her.
(b) He leaves her.
(c) He finds her a job with the band.
(d) He makes a pass at her.

4. Who is waiting for the same bus as Nestor?
(a) Luisa Garcia.
(b) Maria Suarez.
(c) Delores Fuentes.
(d) Erika Sanchez.

5. Where does the story begin?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Buenos Aires.

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

7. How does Nestor act in California?
(a) He stays in the hotel room the entire time.
(b) He does not stray from his marriage vows, due to a sense of duty to Delores.
(c) He beds as many women as possible.
(d) He is more wild than Cesar.

8. What does Pablo say makes a man happy?
(a) Love and family.
(b) Fame and fortune.
(c) Friends and fans.
(d) Money and power.

9. What do the Castillos do?
(a) Work in a factory.
(b) Perform a song that made them popular.
(c) Buy a pizzeria.
(d) Audition for Broadway.

10. Who are Cesar and Nestor Castillo?
(a) Two brothers who come to America from Cuba.
(b) Two cousins who come to America from Haiti.
(c) Two brothers who leave America for Costa Rica.
(d) Two cousins living in Puerto Rico.

11. What does Nestor do as he travels around the country?
(a) He forgets about Delores and his children.
(b) He writes to Maria.
(c) He falls in love with another woman.
(d) Diligently sends letters and gifts to his family.

12. To where does Maria move?
(a) Back to her family's home, away from Nestor.
(b) The other side of Cuba to escape Nestor.
(c) A little house with the man who had been beating her up on the night Nestor came to her rescue.
(d) America.

13. How does Nestor feel about the New York City nightlife?
(a) It does not really appeal to him.
(b) It is the path to fortune.
(c) He loves it.
(d) It is the only lifestyle he can imagine.

14. What do the other band members suggest to Cesar?
(a) He quit the band.
(b) He move back to Cuba.
(c) He take a vacation.
(d) He find more engagements for the band.

15. What opportunity does Cesar take while in California?
(a) To record several songs.
(b) Relax in California's wine country.
(c) Swim in the Pacific.
(d) To bed as many women as he can.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cesar try to help his brother?

2. What is realized over drinks?

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

4. How is their performance?

5. Why does he stray from her?

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