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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Nestor carry with him always as a reminder of Maria?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A bottle of her perfume.
(c) Her picture.
(d) The sheet music for her song.

4. Of what is there no hope for Nestor and Maria?
(a) Distance to keep them from wanting to be together.
(b) Leaving Cuba.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Their love to end.

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

6. Why is Nestor impressed by this girl?
(a) She intelligent, although not very beautiful.
(b) She is also from Havana.
(c) She is intelligent and beautiful.
(d) She looks very wealthy.

7. Where is Cesar sitting as the story switches perspective?
(a) In a director's chair.
(b) In the Hotel Splendour.
(c) In his kitchen.
(d) On the beach.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What job do Cesar and Nestor have during the day?
(a) They run a family restaurant.
(b) They sell cars.
(c) They play in a band.
(d) They work in a meat packing plant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Nestor invite the girl?

2. Why does Nestor marry Delores?

3. What does Cesar do for his daughter?

4. What kind of advice does Cesar give Nestor?

5. Where are the Mambo Kings hugely popular?

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