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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. Who is Mayor's gym teacher?
(a) Mr. Dennis.
(b) Mr. Dickens.
(c) Mr. Samuels.
(d) Mr. Hart.

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

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

4. Where did Micho Alvarez work for a newspaper?
(a) Puebla.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Sinaloa.

5. What play does Nelia Zafon describe auditioning for in Greenwich Village?
(a) Man of La Mancha.
(b) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Cold Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Micho Alvarez's profession?

2. Who was the esteemed boxing trainer that Fito Angelino wrote to about training?

3. What is the name of the energy company for Mayor's apartment building?

4. Who comes to the Riveras to tell them about Mayor and Maribel kissing in the car?

5. What do Arturo, Alma, and Maribel order at the pizza place on Arturo and Alma's anniversary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of Clay Creek Park described? Why do the Toros and Riveras go there?

2. What are the repercussions of Quisqueya's news of Mayor and Maribel?

3. Why does Alma keep the information about Garrett secret from Arturo?

4. What enrages Rafael the most about the discovery of Mayor's fight and trouble at school?

5. Who is Micho Alvarez? What is his story?

6. What is Adolfo “Fito” Angelino's back-story? What brought him to Delaware?

7. What causes the strife between Mayor and William?

8. What kind of car do the Toros buy? Why?

9. What is Nelia Zafon's backstory? Where is she from?

10. What is the significance of the song "Feliz Navidad" in the novel?

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