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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Papi help Carline?
(a) In assisting her father find help for his alcoholism.
(b) In getting her current good job.
(c) In assisting her pay her parking ticket fees.
(d) In finding her a good daycare.

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

3. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's menacing behavior?
(a) Tia will get angry at Camino if she tells her about El Cero.
(b) Tia will spend all her money trying to stop El Cero.
(c) Tia might have a heart attack, because she has a weak heart, if Camino tells her about El Cero.
(d) Tia is old and can not really help Camino fight El Cero.

4. Who appoints herself the general of logistics when Zoila's family comes to visit after Papi's death?
(a) Tia Malina.
(b) Tia Julia.
(c) Tia Jennie.
(d) Tia Mabel.

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

6. What is something no one knows and probably would not believe, according to Yahaira?
(a) She wants to go live in the Dominican Republic.
(b) She had a dream Papi's car would crash.
(c) She wants to move out of her mother's house.
(d) She almost asked Papi not to go the night before he got on the plane.

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

8. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Washington Heights Park.
(c) Washington Square Park.
(d) The Gramercy.

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

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

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

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

13. Who drives Camino to the airport to collect Papi?
(a) Don Mateo.
(b) Tia.
(c) Yahaira.
(d) Franco.

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

15. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?
(a) His best friend, looking sad.
(b) Lots of police.
(c) A crowd of people circled around a TV screen.
(d) His suitcase that has not been claimed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Camino's best friend?

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

3. What kind of family does Yahaira's girlfriend come from?

4. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?

5. What kind of music did Papi used to love?

(see the answer keys)

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