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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Nestor do as he travels around the country?
(a) Diligently sends letters and gifts to his family.
(b) He falls in love with another woman.
(c) He forgets about Delores and his children.
(d) He writes to Maria.

12. 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.

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

14. 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 is more wild than Cesar.
(d) He stays in the hotel room the entire time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delores usually do in the evenings?

2. What does Nestor do for a girl he once love?

3. Why does Nestor marry Delores?

4. When does Nestor first meet Maria?

5. What question does Maria continually evade?

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