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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. Who or what does Camino think her shoes are from that Papi brought for her?
(a) Her cousin Willa's hand-me-downs.
(b) Yahaira's hand-me-downs.
(c) The thrift shop.
(d) Her cousin Carmina's hand-me-downs.

2. Who stays until the very end of Papi's wake?
(a) Dre.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Tio Jorge.
(d) Ramone.

3. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?
(a) The Gramercy.
(b) Washington Square Park.
(c) Washington Heights Park.
(d) Central Park.

4. What makes Camino sick about where she is when she finds out her father's remains have been found?
(a) She is looking at the ocean Papi died in.
(b) She is at the beach, which she loves, but she is with El Cero, who she hates.
(c) She is at the cemetery.
(d) She is at the house Papi used to love.

5. What does Mami tell Yahaira the settlement money for Papi might do for Mami?
(a) Help her get a new job.
(b) Help Yahaira go to college.
(c) Unshame her with her family.
(d) Help Tio Jorge start his own business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Yahaira really needed to talk to Papi after the incident on the train in Part III?

2. What is Yahaira's first language?

3. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's menacing behavior?

4. What does Yahaira wonder if Papi would have been upset about at his wake?

5. What does Yahaira's Mami say in the grief group session?

(see the answer key)

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