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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Perez convert the club?
(a) He does not like mambo music.
(b) He wants to recoup his financial losses.
(c) He wants to offend Cesar.
(d) He want to venture into something new.

2. What does Carmen do?
(a) Gives Cesar his guitar.
(b) Murders Don.
(c) Seduces Cesar.
(d) Makes Cesar and Don dinner.

3. What does The Club Havana do for Cesar?
(a) It gives him a place to play.
(b) It gives him an income.
(c) It energizes his lagging spirits.
(d) It causes stress in his life.

4. What does Cesar do as Eugenio heads home on the subway?
(a) He watches him disappear from his life.
(b) He drinks.
(c) He calls Delores.
(d) He cries.

5. For what are these musicians searching?
(a) New lives.
(b) Fame.
(c) Lessons in the mambo.
(d) Money.

6. Why is the club suffering financial loss?
(a) It did not pass the safety inspection.
(b) Cesar has been too generous.
(c) No one is interested in mambo music.
(d) It suffered a fire.

7. For what does Cesar invite his nephew?
(a) A night out at the clubs.
(b) A performance.
(c) Dinner and drinks.
(d) A mambo lesson.

8. Where does Cesar play most frequently?
(a) The Mamey Tree Restaurant.
(b) The Risoteria Restaurant.
(c) Joe's Pizzeria.
(d) The Tree Restaurant.

9. What does Cesar continue to do through the night?
(a) Watch television.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Talk to his dead brother.
(d) Drink.

10. What theme is very clear in this part?
(a) Love.
(b) Self-destruction.
(c) Family.
(d) Certainty in celebrity.

11. About what does Cesar continue to reminisce?
(a) His life in Cuba.
(b) Maria.
(c) People and events in his life.
(d) His daughter.

12. What continues in Cesar's life?
(a) His love for Delores.
(b) The string of women.
(c) His communication with Eugenio.
(d) His relationship with Celia.

13. Into what does Perez convert the club?
(a) A disco club.
(b) A rock and jazz venue.
(c) A retirement home.
(d) A family restaurant.

14. Who is Cesar's hardest goodbye?
(a) Eugenio.
(b) Delores.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Leticia.

15. Why is it now difficult to make a living in Cuba?
(a) Most Cubans have left Cuba.
(b) There is a drought.
(c) Fidel Castro in the new leader.
(d) A hurricane wiped out many cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is confined to a wheelchair?

2. Why does Cesar remain in New York City?

3. Who does Cesar host at the club?

4. What does Cesar learn about the renovated club?

5. Why does Cesar begin playing music again after his brother's death?

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