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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Yahaira's Mami work?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) A law office.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A spa.
2. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?
(a) They were childhood friends who reconnected at El Malecon.
(b) They met at a dance class.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They were set up on a blind date.
3. What did Papi wear on his hand?
(a) One pinke ring from his own father.
(b) Knuckle dusters.
(c) One slim silver wedding band.
(d) Fat gold rings.
4. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?
(a) You have to hide it.
(b) You have to move it backward.
(c) You have to give it up.
(d) You have to move it forward.
5. What is Camino's first reaction to the news of her father's death?
(a) She cries on the floor of the airport.
(b) She calls her sister to tell her about it.
(c) She calls her mother to tell her about it.
(d) She refuses to believe it.
6. Who is Camino most afraid of?
(a) Papi.
(b) Tia Solano.
(c) El Cero.
(d) Her mother.
7. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?
(a) Forfeit smiling and make the opponent think she let him win.
(b) Forfeit with her eyes closed.
(c) Forfeit with her head down.
(d) Never forfeit.
8. What does Camino want to do for a career?
(a) Professional sports.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Law.
9. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?
(a) His suitcase that has not been claimed.
(b) Lots of police.
(c) His best friend, looking sad.
(d) A crowd of people circled around a TV screen.
10. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?
(a) The woman with cancer.
(b) El Cero.
(c) Camino's grandmother.
(d) Camino's mother.
11. When did Papi always used to come back to New York from the Dominican Republic?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) September, right before Yahaira's birthday.
(d) October, right before Zoila's birthday.
12. What impulse does Yahaira have when Mami leaves for work in Part II for the first time since Papi's death?
(a) To run away from home.
(b) To call her back and ask her not to leave.
(c) To start a fire.
(d) To buy things online.
13. Who appoints herself the general of logistics when Zoila's family comes to visit after Papi's death?
(a) Tia Malina.
(b) Tia Jennie.
(c) Tia Mabel.
(d) Tia Julia.
14. Where did Papi live most of the year?
(a) Columbia.
(b) London.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.
15. What chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?
(a) Her knight.
(b) Her king.
(c) Her pawn.
(d) Her queen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yahaira think her father always travels to the Dominican Republic for?
2. What kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?
3. What is something no one knows and probably would not believe, according to Yahaira?
4. What did Papi sometimes call Yahaira?
5. What was Papi's flight number?
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