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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. Who is Negra's husband?

2. What is Sapo's real name?

3. What do Sapo and Julio like to cut with razor blades in high school?

4. What talent does Julio have that people in the neighborhood ask him to use?

5. When does Julio call Blanca Nancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What game do Sapo and Julio play with kites as teenagers?

2. What does Julio say death means if you are a good graffiti artist in Spanish Harlem?

3. What painting do Bodega and Julio look at in the art museum in Part II?

4. What does Bodega tell Julio he wants for the neighborhood?

5. Why does Julio love Sapo from the first time they meet?

6. Why do both Julio and Blanca enroll in Hunter College?

7. Why does Bodega think Vera will want to get back together with him?

8. Why does Julio turn down Bodega's offer to work for him at first?

9. How does real estate ownership fit into Bodega's plans?

10. What was basic, simple street politics, according to Julio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the Santeria ritual reveals about Willie Bodega and about his feelings for Vera? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Julio decides to help the older immigrant man and his grandson from Puerto Rico himself when they tell him they are looking for Bodega? What does Julio's selfless gesture and the immigrants themselves represent? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did the way that Julio's, Sapo's, and Blanca's junior high school teachers - especially Mr. Blessington and Mr. Tapia - treat them affect them later on in life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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