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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Cesar's wife finally leave him?
(a) He is abusive to her and their daughter.
(b) He has other girlfriends.
(c) He invites a girlfriend home.
(d) One of his girlfriends is pregnant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What can Nestor not get out of his head?
(a) His desire to go home to Cuba.
(b) Thoughts of Delores.
(c) A new song he has written.
(d) Thoughts of Maria.

11. Why does Nestor marry Delores?
(a) Out of duty.
(b) He loves her more than he loved Maria.
(c) Out of love.
(d) She is his best friend.

12. How many times does Nestor "Beautiful Maria of My Soul?"
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Never.
(c) Forty-four.
(d) Four.

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

14. Why does Delores's father leave Cuba and his wife?
(a) He seeks joy in his life.
(b) He earns money to send back to his wife.
(c) He tries to make a better life for his family.
(d) He wants to be in America so desperately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delores prepare for the guests?

2. How does Nestor feel about his celebrity?

3. With whom is Nestor standing in all their youthful prowess?

4. What does Nestor carry with him always as a reminder of Maria?

5. How does Cesar try to help his brother?

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