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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nestor impressed by this girl?
(a) She looks very wealthy.
(b) She is also from Havana.
(c) She is intelligent and beautiful.
(d) She intelligent, although not very beautiful.

2. When does Nestor first meet Maria?
(a) At a Cuban club.
(b) When she and another man are fighting.
(c) In a coffee shop.
(d) In school.

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

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

5. What is Cesar's intention?
(a) To watch people play on the beach.
(b) To direct a new movie.
(c) To drink himself to death.
(d) To make dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other band members suggest to Cesar?

2. How many times does Nestor "Beautiful Maria of My Soul?"

3. To where does Maria move?

4. Who are Cesar and Nestor Castillo?

5. Why does Delores's father leave Cuba and his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cesar in his old age?

2. Why does Mariela not want to leave Cuba?

3. How do the Castillo brother handle the fame and fortune acquired from being on the "I Love Lucy" show?

4. How do Cesar's ailments affect his relationship with Lydia?

5. What does Cesar do to a forty-year-old unmarried woman? How does he justify his actions?

6. How does Cesar's vacation in Cuba help him heal?

7. What does Eugenio think about Desi Arnaz's home?

8. How does Cesar handle Nestor's death?

9. How does Cesar feel while in a relationship with Lydia?

10. How does Cesar help young Cuban musicians?

(see the answer keys)

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