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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. With whom is Nestor standing in all their youthful prowess?
(a) Desi Arnaz.
(b) Lucille Ball.
(c) Cesar Chavez.
(d) Anita Lopez.

12. What does Delores usually do in the evenings?
(a) Work.
(b) Go out dancing.
(c) Go to night school.
(d) Read books.

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

14. For what are the Castillos unprepared after leaving Havana?
(a) Being deported back to Havana.
(b) The trouble of getting to America.
(c) A harsh government.
(d) The harsh realities of life in New York City.

15. Who eventually joins Delores and her father?
(a) Her cousin, Lucas.
(b) Her sister, Ana Maria.
(c) Her mother, Gabriela.
(d) Her brother, Marco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nestor feel about his celebrity?

2. What is Cesar's intention?

3. What can Nestor not get out of his head?

4. Why does Delores's father leave Cuba and his wife?

5. Who does Cesar marry?

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