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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what is Cesar plagued?
(a) Heart trouble.
(b) Bouts of depression.
(c) Melancholy in the loss of his daughter, who lives with her mother in Havana.
(d) The desire to gamble.

2. Who greets the Mambo Kings at the Mambo Nine Club?
(a) The owner of the club.
(b) Perez Prado and Tito Puente.
(c) Desi Arnaz and his wife, Lucille Ball.
(d) Benny More.

3. What do the other band members suggest to Cesar?
(a) He quit the band.
(b) He move back to Cuba.
(c) He find more engagements for the band.
(d) He take a vacation.

4. What kind of advice does Cesar give Nestor?
(a) Abuse Maria, so she will know who is in charge.
(b) Keep asking her to marry him.
(c) Bring her gifts and send her flowers.
(d) Give up on Maria, because she does not want to marry Nestor.

5. Why does Cesar's wife finally leave him?
(a) One of his girlfriends is pregnant.
(b) He is abusive to her and their daughter.
(c) He has other girlfriends.
(d) He invites a girlfriend home.

6. How many times does Nestor "Beautiful Maria of My Soul?"
(a) Four.
(b) Forty-four.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Never.

7. Why does Nestor marry Delores?
(a) Out of duty.
(b) He loves her more than he loved Maria.
(c) She is his best friend.
(d) Out of love.

8. What does Nestor hope a family life will do?
(a) Make him feel more at home in New York City.
(b) Erase any traces of Maria from his mind.
(c) Bring him more honor.
(d) Help him settle down.

9. Why does Delores's father leave Cuba and his wife?
(a) He seeks joy in his life.
(b) He earns money to send back to his wife.
(c) He tries to make a better life for his family.
(d) He wants to be in America so desperately.

10. Why is Nestor impressed by this girl?
(a) She looks very wealthy.
(b) She is intelligent and beautiful.
(c) She is also from Havana.
(d) She intelligent, although not very beautiful.

11. What grants Cesar and Nestor instant fame?
(a) Their performances at New York City night clubs.
(b) Their appearance on the "I Love Lucy" show.
(c) A performance for the President of the United States.
(d) A performance on the Lawrence Welk Show.

12. What does Nestor do to help Maria?
(a) He buys her a meal.
(b) He becomes her tutor.
(c) He teaches her how to dance.
(d) He intervenes during the fight.

13. What does Cesar do to Delores?
(a) He finds her a job with the band.
(b) He makes a pass at her.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He abuses her.

14. What does Cesar do for his daughter?
(a) He sends money to her mother, so she may attend the best schools.
(b) He sends cards and gifts regularly and flies to Havana to see her.
(c) He does not do much, because he is so busy.
(d) He sends her to presitigious American boarding schools.

15. What question does Maria continually evade?
(a) Whether or not she loves Nestor.
(b) Nestor's marriage proposal.
(c) If she will move to the United States.
(d) If she wants to date Nestor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nestor carry with him always as a reminder of Maria?

2. Where is Cesar sitting as the story switches perspective?

3. To where does Nestor invite the girl?

4. Where do Cesar and Nestor find themselves few months later?

5. Who are Cesar and Nestor Castillo?

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