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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 241 - 326).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camino make for Yahaira to eat when she visits?
(a) Tamales.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Muffaletta.
(d) Sancocho.

2. Who did Yahaira play at chess the last time she had ever played chess, as she remembers in Part III?
(a) Papi.
(b) Mami.
(c) Camino.
(d) Manny.

3. When did Papi always used to come back to New York from the Dominican Republic?
(a) September, right before Yahaira's birthday.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) October, right before Zoila's birthday.

4. What does Yahaira wonder if Papi would have been upset about at his wake?
(a) Whether Wilson asked for money from them.
(b) Whether Yahaira is going to the Dominican Republic without telling Mami.
(c) Whether Camino asked Yahaira for money.
(d) Whether Yahaira is not going to college.

5. What happened to Yahaira on the subway that haunts her in Part III?
(a) She saw someone die.
(b) She was sexually assaulted.
(c) She was injured when her hand got caught in a door.
(d) She was robbed of her phone and money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impulse does Yahaira have when Mami leaves for work in Part II for the first time since Papi's death?

2. In Part IV, why does Camino think her skin "itches"?

3. What does Tia say to Camino when she holds Carline's baby for the first time?

4. What phrase does Yahaira keep repeating about her mother in Part II?

5. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?

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