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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 241 - 326).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does El Cero tell Camino she was swimming as he was watching her in Part IV?
(a) As if demons were chasing with torches behind her.
(b) Very well.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) As if she had never swum before.

2. Which of the following does Yahaira consider one person could buy with $500,000?
(a) 500 flights to the Dominican Republic.
(b) A small island.
(c) A set of vintage chess sets.
(d) A new identity.

3. 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.

4. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?
(a) You have to move it backward.
(b) You have to hide it.
(c) You have to move it forward.
(d) You have to give it up.

5. What is one reason Yahaira thinks she wants to meet Camino?
(a) She might have advice about how to apply to college.
(b) She might have answers about Yahaira's own mother.
(c) She might be able to help Yahaira with her Spanish.
(d) She might feel like a piece of Papi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which singer does Dre love and listen to in Part III?

2. What did Papi surprise Yahaira with one night at his billiards?

3. What does Camino think she has learned from the Saints in Part III?

4. Who is Camino most afraid of?

5. Why does Carline's boyfriend fetch Tia and Camino in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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