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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 327 - 417).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?
(a) Camino's grandmother.
(b) The woman with cancer.
(c) El Cero.
(d) Camino's mother.

2. Who reminds Yahaira most of Papi at Papi's wake?
(a) Tio Ramone.
(b) Tio Jorge.
(c) Tio Roberto.
(d) Tio Franco.

3. What does Mami tell Yahaira the settlement money for Papi might do for Mami?
(a) Help her get a new job.
(b) Help Yahaira go to college.
(c) Help Tio Jorge start his own business.
(d) Unshame her with her family.

4. What secret does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before he dies?
(a) He had another wife.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He had a son.
(d) He had no family in the Dominican Republic.

5. What does Tia say she will come back to help Carline with after the birth?
(a) Changing diapers.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Singing lullabies.
(d) Swaddling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?

2. What food had Yahaira never had until eating dinner at the Johnsons' house?

3. What does Yahaira think Camino sounds like when she first hears her speak in person?

4. What does Yahaira want to call her mother's family members who come asking for money immediately after Papi's death?

5. When did Papi always used to come back to New York from the Dominican Republic?

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