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

2. What is Yahaira's first language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

3. What is one of Papi's favorites that Camino makes for his arrival in Part I?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Sancocho.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Pita bread.

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

5. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?
(a) El Cero.
(b) The woman with cancer.
(c) Camino's grandmother.
(d) Camino's mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Camino's mother die?

3. What does Camino say she knows too much of in Part I?

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

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

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