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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?
(a) Dance.
(b) Chess.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Growing plants.

4. Who is Camino's and Tia's neighbor?
(a) Romina.
(b) Franco.
(c) Zoila.
(d) Don Mateo.

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

6. What is Yahaira's last name?
(a) Manaca.
(b) Rollino.
(c) Rios.
(d) Holos.

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

8. 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 hopes they can talk when he gets back.
(d) He is never coming back from the Dominican Republic.

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

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

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

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

13. What place does Camino love the most in her hometown?
(a) The beach.
(b) The mountain.
(c) The bowling alley.
(d) The cafe.

14. What does the lady at the ice cream shop do for Carline and Camino?
(a) Gives them a job.
(b) Gives them free ice cream.
(c) Gives them money.
(d) Gives them popcorn.

15. 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) To cook in a restaurant for the summer.
(d) Negocios.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Yahaira when she hears about her father's death?

2. What did Papi wear on his hand?

3. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?

4. How does Yahaira describe her feelings about chess?

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

(see the answer keys)

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