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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. What happened when Yahaira really needed to talk to Papi after the incident on the train in Part III?
(a) He told her what happened had been her fault.
(b) He did not answer her calls.
(c) He told her her mother would be able to help her, but he could not.
(d) He told her he had no time for such foolishness.

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

3. Where does Camino want to go to college someday?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Oxford University.

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

5. What seems easiest to Camino in terms of her burgeoning relationship with her sister in Part IV?
(a) Not to get too attached and not to give her a reason to get attached to Camino either.
(b) To ask Yahaira to teach her how to play chess to ingratiate herself to her.
(c) To try to figure out which one of them Papi loved better.
(d) To try to get to know Yahaira's Mami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yahaira think Mami looks like rather than an "American-apple-pie mother" (279)?

2. What does the money in the amount of the airline's compensation offer for Papi's death make Yahaira think of?

3. What does Yahaira tell the check-in agent at the desk at the airport when it seems he might not let her fly alone?

4. What happened to Yahaira on the subway that haunts her in Part III?

5. What language does Carline's father pray in?

(see the answer key)

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