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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Cesar do to Delores?
(a) He abuses her.
(b) He makes a pass at her.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He finds her a job with the band.

6. What do the other band members suggest to Cesar?
(a) He quit the band.
(b) He find more engagements for the band.
(c) He take a vacation.
(d) He move back to Cuba.

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

8. How is Cesar known, first in Julian's band?
(a) A Cuban warlord.
(b) The Mambo King.
(c) A cooking sensation.
(d) The Salsa Tsar.

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

10. Who eventually joins Delores and her father?
(a) Her sister, Ana Maria.
(b) Her mother, Gabriela.
(c) Her brother, Marco.
(d) Her cousin, Lucas.

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

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

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

14. What does Cesar do for his daughter?
(a) He does not do much, because he is so busy.
(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 sends cards and gifts regularly and flies to Havana to see her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are they in this city?

2. What does Delores prepare for the guests?

3. To where does Nestor invite the girl?

4. Of what is there no hope for Nestor and Maria?

5. What does Delores usually do in the evenings?

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