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

2. How is their performance?
(a) Boring.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Awful.

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

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

5. What job do Cesar and Nestor have during the day?
(a) They sell cars.
(b) They run a family restaurant.
(c) They play in a band.
(d) They work in a meat packing plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cesar feel about his celebrity?

2. Why does Cesar's wife finally leave him?

3. Why does Cesar keep the Mambo Kings together?

4. What does Delores's father do every night?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Maria?

2. What do the Castillo brothers have in common with Desi Arnaz?

3. How do Eugenio and Leticia treat their uncle? Why do they treat him this way?

4. How do Cesar and his daughter spend their short time together?

5. Describe the popularity of the Mambo Kings by 1954.

6. What does Celia want from Cesar? Is she successful?

7. What is taking place with the hearts?

8. How to the Castillo brothers handle their popularity?

9. Why does Cesar remain in New York City?

10. What transpires between Cesar and Don Emilio's wife, Carmen?

(see the answer keys)

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