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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 Cesar do soon after returning from Cuba?

2. What happens to Delores and Nestor?

3. How does Cesar feel about his celebrity?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Maria?

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

3. How does Cesar handle Nestor's death?

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

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

6. Why does Cesar visit Bernardito Mandelbaum? What does he give him?

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

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

9. Why does Cesar remain in New York City?

10. How does Delores feel about Lydia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nestor is killed at the age of thirty.

Part 1) How is he killed?

Part 2) Is it an accident or a suicide? Use information from the text to support your answer.

Part 3) How does his death affect those that are close to him?

Essay Topic 2

Both Cesar and Nestor suffer from depression.

Part 1) What are the causes of their depression?

Part 2) Why do they not seek help?

Part 3) How do each of the brothers deal with their depression?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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