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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. How many years were Olga and Reggie together?
(a) 1 1/2.
(b) 3.
(c) 2 1/2.
(d) 2.

2. What time of day did Olga and Reggie go to a restaurant when they first met?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

3. Where did Prieto get his law degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) NYU.

4. What does Dick bring when he goes to Puerto Rico 10 days after Maria makes landfall to Nick Selby?
(a) T-bone.
(b) Porterhouse steaks.
(c) Rib eye steaks.
(d) New York Strip.

5. When Olga goes inside Matteo's house, how long has it been since anyone other than Matteo has been inside?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olga dream her father is taking her to in "Swallow"?

2. Where did Blanca go before she disappeared and never came back?

3. In what grade does Prieto remember that his aunts and uncles started asking if he had girlfriends at school?

4. Where does Olga remember that a college hallmate was going with her father over the weekend when she asked Olga to buy her falafel because she was broke?

5. What is the weather like at the beginning of "Los Panuelos Negros"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Olga get Prieto an invitation to the Blumenthal party?

2. Why does Olga feel that Prieto has been born under a difficult star?

3. How does Olga stop an argument between Prieto and Reggie King?

4. Who did Olga enjoy hanging out with in college and why?

5. What does Olga tell Matteo about her father's death?

6. What does Olga do when a server falls and makes a mess?

7. What does Olga think she could have done other than weddings in "Champagne Dreams"?

8. How did Olga lose the friends she had before she went to high school?

9. In "Champagne Dreams," how does Olga work with Igor?

10. How did Mabel and Julio meet?

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