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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the Castillos do?
(a) Buy a pizzeria.
(b) Perform a song that made them popular.
(c) Audition for Broadway.
(d) Work in a factory.

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

12. Where are the Mambo Kings hugely popular?
(a) Miami clubs.
(b) Los Angeles clubs.
(c) New York City clubs.
(d) Chicago clubs.

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

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

15. What does Delores's father do every night?
(a) Goes to the Cuban clubs.
(b) Reads from his favorite book.
(c) Calls her mother.
(d) Goes to work as a janitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pablo say makes a man happy?

2. To where does Nestor invite the girl?

3. What does Nestor hope a family life will do?

4. What job do Cesar and Nestor have during the day?

5. What kind of advice does Cesar give Nestor?

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