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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) Very well.
(b) As if demons were chasing with torches behind her.
(c) As if she had never swum before.
(d) Very slowly.

2. When did Papi finally call Yahaira the last summer he had been in the Dominican Republic?
(a) When he needed to send her money.
(b) When he got an email saying she had been a no-show for a chess tournament.
(c) When Mami asked him to call her.
(d) When Tio Jorge told him she had been misbehaving.

3. What does the money in the amount of the airline's compensation offer for Papi's death make Yahaira think of?
(a) Inequality.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Another dimension.
(d) A game show.

4. What is the problem with playing a game against yourself, according to Yahaira, as Papi had done for so long?
(a) It is too hard on your family.
(b) You can not keep track of who is winning.
(c) You can only get away with it for so long.
(d) You always lose.

5. How does Papi die?
(a) In a plane crash.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?

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

3. What does Papi tell Yahaira the night before he dies?

4. What does Yahaira call her mother?

5. What word or words does Mami use to describe what Tio Jorge was to Papi?

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