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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 Tia look worried in Part II?
(a) She thinks Camino is not praying hard enough.
(b) She thinks Camino is not really cut out to be a doctor.
(c) She thinks Papi's spirit is not at peace.
(d) Life as she and Camino knows it has ended with Papi's death.

2. 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.

3. What does Tia tell Camino about mud?
(a) Try to learn to love it.
(b) Try to find a detergent to take it out of clothes.
(c) Not to let it bother her.
(d) Not to let it stain her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Camino sick about where she is when she finds out her father's remains have been found?

2. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?

3. How does Yahaira describe her feelings about chess?

4. What does Yahaira call her mother?

5. Who drives Camino to the airport to collect Papi?

(see the answer key)

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