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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. What does Paul think Segarra has decided to do to him?
(a) Demote him
(b) Have him beaten up
(c) Get him fired
(d) Blacklist him

2. Who does the stewardess fetch to talk to Paul?
(a) The police
(b) Airport security
(c) The pilot
(d) The co-pilot

3. Who does Paul see in the airport line?
(a) His old school teacher
(b) His ex-wife
(c) A beautiful girl
(d) The President

4. What kind of food did Al begin serving after several months?
(a) Hamburgers
(b) Tacos
(c) French fries
(d) Sandwiches

5. What was the name of the newspaper that Lotterman started?
(a) The Socialist Worker
(b) The Guardian Angel
(c) The San Juan Daily News
(d) The Puerto Rican Observer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Al's full name?

2. Where is Paul sent to on Tuesday?

3. What word best describes Yeamon's house?

4. What was Al's job before he became a bar owner?

5. What do the characters do when the rum runs out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paul feel about Yeaman and Chanault's relationship in Chapter 3?

2. What does Paul do in Yeaman's house in Chapter 3?

3. In what way do all the characters working on the newspaper give Paul a bad first impression of his new job and life in San Juan ?

4. What does Paul do on his first night in San Juan?

5. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

6. What happens to Sala at the end of Chapter 3?

7. What problems do Paul, Sala and Yeaman run into at the bar?

8. What gives the reader the idea that Paul intends to stay in San Juan?

9. What problems does Paul have with the old man in Chapter 1?

10. What kind of people like to drink at Al's bar?

(see the answer keys)

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