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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of family does Yahaira's girlfriend come from?
(a) A family of several different citizenships.
(b) A family of tailors.
(c) A family of doctors.
(d) A southern military family.

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

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

4. What does Papi tell Yahaira the night before he dies?
(a) Yahaira has a brother he has never told her about.
(b) He hopes they can talk when he gets back.
(c) He is never coming back from the Dominican Republic.
(d) Yahaira has a sister he has never told her about.

5. Where does Yahaira's Mami work?
(a) A spa.
(b) A law office.
(c) Wall Street.
(d) A hospital.

6. Where did Papi live most of the year?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) London.
(d) Columbia.

7. Who is Camino's best friend?
(a) Carline.
(b) Marina.
(c) Verdada.
(d) Nellie.

8. What chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?
(a) Her knight.
(b) Her pawn.
(c) Her king.
(d) Her queen.

9. When did Papi always used to come back to New York from the Dominican Republic?
(a) October, right before Zoila's birthday.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) September, right before Yahaira's birthday.

10. What neighborhood does Yahaira live in with Mami?
(a) Morningside Heights.
(b) Fort Greene.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Queens.

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

12. Why does Yahaira want to go to a place that is close to the plane crash site?
(a) She wants to meet other family members of crash victims.
(b) She wants to see if she can feel like Papi is there somehow in spirit.
(c) She thinks somehow she can change the outcome.
(d) She wants to see if there is debris.

13. What is Yahaira's girlfriend's nickname?
(a) Aiya.
(b) Drew.
(c) Dre.
(d) Andie.

14. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?
(a) Never forfeit.
(b) Forfeit smiling and make the opponent think she let him win.
(c) Forfeit with her eyes closed.
(d) Forfeit with her head down.

15. Who invites Yahaira and her mother to grief counseling?
(a) Yahaira's grandmother.
(b) Yahaira's best friend.
(c) Yahaira's principal.
(d) The neighborhood association.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Papi lose the tip of one finger?

2. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?

3. What does Yahaira's Mami say in the grief group session?

4. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?

5. What is one of Papi's favorites that Camino makes for his arrival in Part I?

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