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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. How did Papi lose the tip of one finger?
(a) He slammed his finger in a car door.
(b) His machete slipped cutting a mango.
(c) A dog bit him.
(d) Someone cut if off after a card game.

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

3. In Part IV, why does Camino think her skin "itches"?
(a) From new medication.
(b) From bug bites.
(c) From missing the sea.
(d) From her laundry detergent.

4. How did Camino's mother die?
(a) Dengue fever.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Drowning accident.

5. What does Yahaira tell the check-in agent at the desk at the airport when it seems he might not let her fly alone?
(a) Her father was a passenger on Flight 1112 and they are flying his body out that day.
(b) She is going to the Dominican Republic to study to be a doctor.
(c) She is going to the Dominican Republic to try to save her Tia.
(d) She is going to the Dominican Republic to meet her sister for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?

2. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?

3. Against whose wishes did Mami marry Papi, according to Yahaira?

4. What does Mami tell Yahaira to do when she is getting upset at first learning about Camino?

5. What does Carline call her baby?

(see the answer key)

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