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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. What does Bodega wear to his first meeting with Vera in decades?

2. What does Julio think Bodega has an unforgettable blend of?

3. What does Sapo do to Mr. Blessington that shocks everyone in the class, including Mr. Blessington?

4. Who is the anointed in Blanca's church?

5. Which poet does Mr. Blessington make Julio's class focus on that none of the students seem to like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Julio go to Queens with Nazario, and what happens there?

2. What does Vera ask Bodega to teach her that Julio thinks is strange in Part IV?

3. What does Julio tell Blanca he really thinks about the Bible?

4. Why is Blanca suspicious of the new apartment Julio moves them into?

5. What do Bodega and Vera try to get Julio to do with them when they show up at his door in Part IV?

6. Why is Julio worried Blanca will make a connection between Sapo and Salazar's death?

7. Why does Blanca want to try to get Claudia and Roberto Vega together?

8. Why does Bodega tell Julio he had Salazar killed?

9. What happens to Julio's and Blanca's apartment in Part IV, and who is there immediately to help them?

10. Why does Bodega want Julio with him to meet Vera for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were the Young Lords, and what was the group trying to achieve when Bodega was one of its members and leaders? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does the fire in Julio's and Blanca's new apartment building symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Willie Bodega refuse to let most people in Spanish Harlem know what he looks like? Why does Bodega think that anonymity lends him more power, ultimately? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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