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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 161 - 240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?
(a) Chess.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Growing plants.
(d) Dance.

2. What is something no one knows and probably would not believe, according to Yahaira?
(a) She had a dream Papi's car would crash.
(b) She almost asked Papi not to go the night before he got on the plane.
(c) She wants to go live in the Dominican Republic.
(d) She wants to move out of her mother's house.

3. Who comforts Yahaira most at the family gathering for her father in Part II?
(a) Tio Jorge.
(b) Tia Mabel.
(c) Tio Ramone.
(d) Tia Julia.

4. What food had Yahaira never had until eating dinner at the Johnsons' house?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Spaghetti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?

2. Where did Papi live most of the year?

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

4. What is Yahaira's last name?

5. What happens just after Tia resuscitates the baby?

(see the answer key)

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