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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nestor do for a girl he once love?

2. What does Cesar do to Delores?

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

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

5. What does Delores usually do in the evenings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Maria?

4. How does Eugenio feel after having a conversation with Desi Arnaz?

5. Why does Cesar not ask for help with his depression?

6. What happens between Eugenio and his father?

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

8. Describe Cesar's father.

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

10. How does Cesar end up in his neighbor's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The hearts represent both Cesar and Nestor.

Part 1) Describe the scene with the hearts.

Part 2) What do the hearts mean, regarding Cesar and Nestor?

Part 3) How does this realization about the hearts affect Eugenio? Are the hearts an effective use of imagery? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Cesar's will to live dies with his brother.

Part 1) Use information from the text to support this statement.

Part 2) Does Cesar's behavior change after his brother's death? What is the reason for his behavior?

Part 3) How does Cesar resolve this lack of desire to survive without his brother?

Essay Topic 3

Cesar marries Luisa.

Part 1) Who is Luisa?

Part 2) Why does Cesar marry her?

Part 3) Is their marriage lasting? Why or why not?

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