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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Papi wear on his hand?
(a) One slim silver wedding band.
(b) Fat gold rings.
(c) One pinke ring from his own father.
(d) Knuckle dusters.

2. What kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?
(a) The poor of a motherless child.
(b) The poor of a healer's daughter.
(c) The poor of a Catholic's daughter.
(d) The poor of an American sponsorship.

3. What does Camino hope she can do for herself and Tia when she becomes a professional?
(a) Make life easier for them both by being able to afford more.
(b) Finding ways to make connections with powerful people.
(c) Becoming a better cook.
(d) Moving them both to Europe.

4. What is Yahaira's first language?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) German.

5. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?
(a) She had a mysterious benefactor who paid for it.
(b) Papi had paid just enough for tuition each quarter.
(c) She had raised the money for herself through bake sales.
(d) She had an inheritance from her mother's family.

6. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?
(a) Mada.
(b) Bella.
(c) Yaya.
(d) Blanca.

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

8. Where does Camino live?
(a) Columbia.
(b) New York.
(c) Haiti.
(d) The Dominican Republic.

9. What does Yahaira think her father always travels to the Dominican Republic for?
(a) To find a new house for Yahaira there.
(b) To work at the beach.
(c) Negocios.
(d) To cook in a restaurant for the summer.

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

11. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?
(a) They met at a bar.
(b) They were childhood friends who reconnected at El Malecon.
(c) They were set up on a blind date.
(d) They met at a dance class.

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

13. How did Camino's mother die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Drowning accident.
(d) Heart attack.

14. What is the phrase for giving birth that Camino loves?
(a) Dando a luz.
(b) Finding the strength.
(c) Pushing through.
(d) Fabricio a lona.

15. What does Camino's headmistress say about tuition after Papi's death?
(a) They would figure things out if worst came to worst.
(b) Camino has to find a way to raise money for the tution.
(c) Camino should be able to ask Tia for some money.
(d) Camino should be entitled to compensation from the airline for her father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yahaira know Papi used to work as in the Dominican Republic, before she was born?

2. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?

3. What makes Camino sick about where she is when she finds out her father's remains have been found?

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

5. What is Camino's first reaction to the news of her father's death?

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