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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What is Tia's theory about when bad news is coming?
(a) Rain will start.
(b) The Saints will try to warn you.
(c) The dogs will start barking.
(d) There will be larger waves at sea.

5. Who is Camino most afraid of?
(a) El Cero.
(b) Tia Solano.
(c) Papi.
(d) Her mother.

6. How old is Camino when Papi dies?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 14.

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

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

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

10. What does Camino want to do for a career?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Law.
(d) Professional sports.

11. What do Tia and Camino eat for breakfast?
(a) Rice.
(b) Coffee and bread.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Cereal.

12. What game does Yahaira excel at?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Field hockey.
(d) Chess.

13. What upsets Zoila when she finds out what Papi has written in his will about his burial?
(a) He wants to be cremated.
(b) He wants a gold casket.
(c) He wants to be buried in the Dominican Republic.
(d) He wants to be buried next to his infant daughter who died days after her birth.

14. What is Camino's first reaction to the news of her father's death?
(a) She refuses to believe it.
(b) She cries on the floor of the airport.
(c) She calls her mother to tell her about it.
(d) She calls her sister to tell her about it.

15. What kind of music did Papi used to love?
(a) Salsa.
(b) Hip hop.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Bachata.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the single love of Camino's life?

2. What does Camino say she knows too much of in Part I?

3. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?

4. Who is Camino's best friend?

5. What secret does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before he dies?

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