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What were all the men doing at the park?

Playing Dominos.

100

What did Maximo work as in Cuba?

A University Professor

100

Where did Ana's parents flee from?

Cuba

100

Who is Fidel Castro?

Former Dictator of Cuba.

200

Who is Rosa?

Maximo's late wife.

200

Why is Maximo such a jokester?

Making people laugh helps him cope, he believes humor can make anyone a big man.

200

Ana was born in ___ , but raised in Tampa Florida.

Los Angeles, California.

200

Where does this story take place?

A park in Miami.

300

What did Maximo work as in America?

Restaurant owner / sold food.

300

Why does Maximo lash out and curse out the tourists?

Because they photographed the men playing dominos and spoke of them as if they were zoo animals. 

300

How many published works does Anna have?

Four. 

300

How many years was Fidel Castro in power?

50 years.

400

Were all the men in the park Cuban?

No! Carlos and Antonio are Dominican.

400

Why does Maximo sometimes have difficulty looking at his eldest daughter?

She resembles her mother a lot sometimes.

Ex: Her laughter connected him to the night he met Rosa.

400

Ana only spoke Spanish until?

Kindergarten.

400

During what season were the older men playing their game?

December/ Christmas season.

Context: The Catholic Highschoolers volunteered to decorate/set up the Christmas tree in the park.

500

What friend of Maximo's was his neighbor in Havana for fifteen years?

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Raul. They both lived on El Vedado street.

500

What does the German Shepherd joke represent? 

How in Cuba, Maximo was a man of importance, compared to the "mutt" he is in America.

500

Which one of Ana's published works won the Pushcart Prize?

In Cuba I was a German Shepherd.

500

What did Fidel Castro almost do to the USA?

Almost started nuclear war.