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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 does Delores's father leave Cuba and his wife?
(a) He wants to be in America so desperately.
(b) He earns money to send back to his wife.
(c) He seeks joy in his life.
(d) He tries to make a better life for his family.

2. To where does Maria move?
(a) A little house with the man who had been beating her up on the night Nestor came to her rescue.
(b) The other side of Cuba to escape Nestor.
(c) America.
(d) Back to her family's home, away from Nestor.

3. Where does the story begin?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) New York City.

4. What happens to Delores and Nestor?
(a) They realize they can only be friends.
(b) They become inseperable.
(c) They begin to argue.
(d) They get lost in New York City.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Delores feel about the celebrities in her home?

3. What grants Cesar and Nestor instant fame?

4. Who greets the Mambo Kings at the Mambo Nine Club?

5. With whom is Nestor standing in all their youthful prowess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cesar feel about asking Lydia out on a date?

2. What does the doctor say is happening to Cesar?

3. What does Eugenio imagine?

4. About what does Cesar begin to hallucinate?

5. What happens that causes Cesar to become angry with Lydia?

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

7. Where are Cesar's other brothers by 1967?

8. Why does Cesar want to drink himself to death?

9. How does the novel end?

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

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