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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes its toll on Cesar?
(a) Not sleeping.
(b) Not eating.
(c) Maintaining his regular job and running The Club Havana.
(d) Being alone.

2. Why can Cesar not stop what is going on at the club?
(a) It is no longer his.
(b) He does not care enough about it.
(c) It is too exhausting.
(d) He cannot afford a lawyer.

3. What does Cesar learn about the renovated club?
(a) No one is interested in a rock and jazz club.
(b) It is very trendy.
(c) It is the best in the city.
(d) It is a front for drugs.

4. What does The Club Havana do for Cesar?
(a) It gives him an income.
(b) It energizes his lagging spirits.
(c) It gives him a place to play.
(d) It causes stress in his life.

5. Who enter Cesar's life thrilled to be with the famous Cesar Castillo?
(a) New friends.
(b) Young musicians.
(c) Women.
(d) The club owners.

6. What is important to Cesar, regarding Eugenio?
(a) He know how much Cesar loves him.
(b) He not inherit his father's depression.
(c) He find a good woman to marry.
(d) That Eugenio inherit his wealth.

7. In 1967, from where do Cesar's three remaining brothers escape?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Prison.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

8. Why does Cesar's neighbor knock on his door?
(a) To say hello.
(b) To tell him to turn down his television.
(c) To invite Cesar to a party.
(d) To ask if Cesar has any alcohol he can buy.

9. Into what does Perez convert the club?
(a) A retirement home.
(b) A rock and jazz venue.
(c) A family restaurant.
(d) A disco club.

10. What does Cesar want for Mariela?
(a) To stay in Cuba.
(b) To find a more stable career.
(c) To live with him.
(d) To be released from the strict regime of the revolution.

11. Why does Celia do this to Cesar?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She tries to prevent him from going out.
(c) She wants revenge.
(d) She cannot wait any longer to be married.

12. How does Cesar known Bernardito Mendelbaum?
(a) He is also from Havana.
(b) He used to be Cesar and Nestor's roommate.
(c) He worked with Cesar and Nestor at the meat packing plant.
(d) He used to be in the Mambo Kings' band.

13. What does Cesar do in his basement workshop?
(a) He watches television.
(b) He teaches Eugenio how to work with wood.
(c) He is building an altar for the neighborhood church.
(d) Mourns the changes which are now running rampant in Cuba.

14. What does Cesar notice about his brothers?
(a) They want to move to New York City.
(b) The are unhappy.
(c) This miss Cuba.
(d) They are content to become old men.

15. Where do the brothers settle?
(a) Miami.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads Cesar to hire Eugenio to help with maintenance at the apartment building?

2. Who is Fernando Perez?

3. About what does Cesar worry?

4. Why does Perez convert the club?

5. Who is confined to a wheelchair?

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