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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of advice does Cesar give Nestor?
(a) Keep asking her to marry him.
(b) Bring her gifts and send her flowers.
(c) Give up on Maria, because she does not want to marry Nestor.
(d) Abuse Maria, so she will know who is in charge.

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

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

8. Why are they in this city?
(a) To play for a huge British following.
(b) To appear on the "I Love Lucy" show.
(c) To perform in the House of Blues.
(d) They have been deported.

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

10. Why does he stray from her?
(a) He no longer loves her.
(b) His Latin masculinity, claiming infidelity is the right of the Cuban man.
(c) He loves another woman, named Maria.
(d) She has betrayed him, and he wants to get revenge.

11. Who does Cesar marry?
(a) Marta.
(b) Luisa.
(c) Maria.
(d) Leslie.

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

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

14. Who pays for Cesar and Nestor while they are in town?
(a) Their managers.
(b) The studio.
(c) Delores.
(d) Their bandmates.

15. What question does Maria continually evade?
(a) If she wants to date Nestor.
(b) Whether or not she loves Nestor.
(c) If she will move to the United States.
(d) Nestor's marriage proposal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cesar's wife finally leave him?

2. Who is waiting for the same bus as Nestor?

3. What do the Castillos do?

4. What does Nestor do as he travels around the country?

5. How is Cesar known, first in Julian's band?

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