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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 81 - 160).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of music did Papi used to love?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Hip hop.
(d) Bachata.

2. Who is Camino's and Tia's neighbor?
(a) Franco.
(b) Romina.
(c) Don Mateo.
(d) Zoila.

3. Where does Camino live?
(a) Columbia.
(b) The Dominican Republic.
(c) New York.
(d) Haiti.

4. How did Papi help Carline?
(a) In getting her current good job.
(b) In finding her a good daycare.
(c) In assisting her pay her parking ticket fees.
(d) In assisting her father find help for his alcoholism.

5. What did Camino learn when she was young about how to talk of the dying?
(a) Not to talk of them as if they are already dead.
(b) To talk of the dying in the same breath as talking about flowers.
(c) Never to talk of the dying in the same breath as talking about money.
(d) To talk of the dying as if they have a long time left to be young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tia look worried in Part II?

2. What did Papi tell Yahaira when she quit playing chess?

3. What did Papi own on Dyckman Street?

4. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?

5. Who does Yahaira let hold her for the first time since Papi died?

(see the answer key)

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