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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Yahaira when she hears about her father's death?
(a) Church.
(b) School.
(c) Dance class.
(d) The airport.

3. How did Papi lose the tip of one finger?
(a) His machete slipped cutting a mango.
(b) Someone cut if off after a card game.
(c) A dog bit him.
(d) He slammed his finger in a car door.

4. What is one of Papi's favorites that Camino makes for his arrival in Part I?
(a) Sancocho.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Pita bread.

5. Who is Camino's and Tia's neighbor?
(a) Romina.
(b) Zoila.
(c) Don Mateo.
(d) Franco.

6. What phrase does Yahaira keep repeating about her mother in Part II?
(a) Mami needs help.
(b) Mami is a liar.
(c) Mami is a saint.
(d) Mami is a good woman, a good woman.

7. What did Papi sometimes call Yahaira?
(a) Farfalle.
(b) My sweetheart.
(c) My cafe latte.
(d) Bella negra.

8. What did Papi tell Yahaira when she quit playing chess?
(a) She will not be able to go to college.
(b) She will have to find a new sport.
(c) She broke his heart.
(d) She will not get an allowance any longer.

9. What does Yahaira think about her father's burial wishes?
(a) She decides she must be there in the Dominican Republic for his funeral.
(b) She wants him to be cremated, too.
(c) She wants to get him a wooden casket.
(d) She wants to bury a chess piece with him.

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

11. What does Tia tell Camino about mud?
(a) Not to let it bother her.
(b) Not to let it stain her.
(c) Try to learn to love it.
(d) Try to find a detergent to take it out of clothes.

12. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?
(a) Strata.
(b) Lanana.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Vira Lata.

13. What is Tia's name?
(a) Fertada.
(b) Solana.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Mia.

14. How does Yahaira describe her feelings about chess?
(a) She did chess, but she never loved it.
(b) She played chess to please her mother and her girlfriend.
(c) She hated chess.
(d) She played chess to win money in tournaments.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Yahaira's last name?

3. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?

4. What is Yahaira's girlfriend's nickname?

5. What did Camino learn when she was young about how to talk of the dying?

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