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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What boxer did Fito Angelino aspire to be like?
(a) Juan Carlos Gimenez.
(b) Floyd Mayweather.
(c) Jose Louis.
(d) Muhammed Ali.

2. Who comes to the Riveras to tell them about Mayor and Maribel kissing in the car?
(a) Celia.
(b) Esteban.
(c) Quisqueya.
(d) Maria.

3. In what branch of the military was Jose Mercado enlisted?
(a) The Peace Corps.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Navy.

4. Fito Angelino ended up taking the apartment manager job based on what?
(a) A game of quarters.
(b) A poker game.
(c) A horse race.
(d) An arm-wrestling match.

5. Where did Nelia Zafon sleep for the first three nights when she arrived in New York?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Grand Central Station.
(d) Outside the Empire State Building.

6. How do the police respond to Alma's concerns about Garrett?
(a) They call juvenile hall.
(b) They disregard her.
(c) They tell her she needs a restraining order.
(d) They jump on the case.

7. Where was Jose Mercado injured, leading to his using a walker?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Iraq.

8. Who was the esteemed boxing trainer that Fito Angelino wrote to about training?
(a) Sully Samuelson.
(b) Ralph Mason.
(c) Juan Carlos Gimenez.
(d) Fito Angelino.

9. For what newspaper does Arturo work?
(a) The News Journal.
(b) The Wilmington Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Newark Spectacle.

10. Where was the apartment where Nelia Zafon lived with Josie?
(a) Queens.
(b) Inglewood.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Brooklyn.

11. What does Mayor's mother receive from Rafael on Christmas?
(a) Shampoo and conditioner.
(b) Perfume and a necklace.
(c) A pair of hiking boots.
(d) Lingerie.

12. How much time has passed from the encounter between Garrett and Maribel that Alma tells Arturo about it?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Several months.

13. When Alma and Arturo go to the pizza restaurant, they are celebrating how many years of marriage?
(a) 16.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

14. Why does Alma blame herself for the accident where Maribel was injured?
(a) She took the family on a cruise.
(b) She was the one who asked Maribel to climb the shaft.
(c) She was not present.
(d) She was holding the ladder.

15. Where does Arturo say he is going when he sets out to find Maribel when she is missing?
(a) To find Juan.
(b) To find Mayor.
(c) To find Scott.
(d) To find Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the driver's ed instructor at Mayor's school?

2. Who wrote "Poem After Carlos Drummond de Andrade"?

3. What is the name of the pizza restaurant that Arturo and Alma go to on their anniversary?

4. Who does Arturo call when he arrives home and Maribel is missing?

5. What has been Arturo's favorite band since he was a little boy?

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