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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. Why does Yahaira want to go to a place that is close to the plane crash site?
(a) She thinks somehow she can change the outcome.
(b) She wants to see if she can feel like Papi is there somehow in spirit.
(c) She wants to meet other family members of crash victims.
(d) She wants to see if there is debris.

2. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?
(a) She had a mysterious benefactor who paid for it.
(b) She had raised the money for herself through bake sales.
(c) She had an inheritance from her mother's family.
(d) Papi had paid just enough for tuition each quarter.

3. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?
(a) Strata.
(b) Lanana.
(c) Vira Lata.
(d) Harvey.

4. Where does Camino want to go to college someday?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

5. What did Papi tell Yahaira when she quit playing chess?
(a) She will not get an allowance any longer.
(b) She will have to find a new sport.
(c) She broke his heart.
(d) She will not be able to go to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yahaira's Mami work?

2. What kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?

3. What does Camino remember Papi doing when she told him she wanted to be a doctor and attend Columbia University?

4. What does Yahaira know Papi used to work as in the Dominican Republic, before she was born?

5. What secret does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before he dies?

(see the answer key)

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