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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. Where do Cesar and Nestor find themselves few months later?

2. What does Delores usually do in the evenings?

3. What does Cesar do to Delores?

4. What question does Maria continually evade?

5. What opportunity does Cesar take while in California?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cesar in his old age?

2. How does Lydia feel about Cesar?

3. How is Eugenio able to please Arnaz?

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

5. What does Cesar do in his travels with the Merchant Marines?

6. About what does Cesar begin to hallucinate?

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

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

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

10. How is Nestor killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cesar is a very generous man.

Part 1) How is he generous?

Part 2) Why is he generous?

Part 3) What affect does his generosity have on him later in life?

Essay Topic 2

Cesar joins the Merchant Marines.

Part 1) Why does he join the Merchant Marines?

Part 2) What does he do with the Merchant Marines?

Part 3) How does this experience affect Cesar?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout his life, Cesar indulges in women and alcohol.

Part 1) Give an example of each.

Part 2) Why is he promiscuous?

Part 3) How do these indulgences affect his relationships with others?

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