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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Nestor because of this?
(a) He is seriously injured.
(b) He dies.
(c) He has no car.
(d) He has to call a tow truck.

3. What is realized over drinks?
(a) Perez Prado and Tito Puente both played with Julian.
(b) Desi Arnaz is from the same area as the Castillo brothers.
(c) The owner of the club does not want them to return.
(d) Benny More plays on the "I Love Lucy" show.

4. What does Nestor do for a girl he once love?
(a) He sends her a letter.
(b) He looks for her everywhere.
(c) He writes a song.
(d) He calls her on the telephone.

5. What does Nestor do to help Maria?
(a) He becomes her tutor.
(b) He teaches her how to dance.
(c) He intervenes during the fight.
(d) He buys her a meal.

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

7. What does Nestor hope a family life will do?
(a) Bring him more honor.
(b) Erase any traces of Maria from his mind.
(c) Make him feel more at home in New York City.
(d) Help him settle down.

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

9. What is the most important aspect of being in Julian's band, according to Cesar?
(a) The fame acquired.
(b) The money earned.
(c) The sense of family.
(d) The girls.

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

11. What grants Cesar and Nestor instant fame?
(a) Their performances at New York City night clubs.
(b) A performance for the President of the United States.
(c) A performance on the Lawrence Welk Show.
(d) Their appearance on the "I Love Lucy" show.

12. How does Delores feel about the celebrities in her home?
(a) Nervous and agitated.
(b) Pleased and surprised.
(c) Shy and quiet.
(d) Annoyed and displeased.

13. What does Cesar do for his daughter?
(a) He sends money to her mother, so she may attend the best schools.
(b) He sends her to presitigious American boarding schools.
(c) He sends cards and gifts regularly and flies to Havana to see her.
(d) He does not do much, because he is so busy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Cesar and Nestor find themselves few months later?

2. What happens to Delores and Nestor?

3. Where are the Mambo Kings hugely popular?

4. Who eventually joins Delores and her father?

5. What do Cesar and Nestor escape in 1949?

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