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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camino feel for the first time since Papi's death when she sees Yahaira's face for the first time on video chat?
(a) The absence of just the huge loss of Papi.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

2. What does Carline say when Camino tells her about contacting Yahaira?
(a) She did what must be done.
(b) She should not have contacted Yahaira.
(c) She should ask to go visit Yahaira.
(d) She should ask Yahaira to come visit.

3. What does Yahaira compare the tension in her house with Mami to?
(a) A worm.
(b) A winged monster.
(c) A fox.
(d) A thief.

4. What word or words does Mami use to describe what Tio Jorge was to Papi?
(a) Brother in arms.
(b) Consigliere.
(c) Fixer.
(d) Consentido.

5. Who is the only person Yahaira tells about speaking with Camino online?
(a) Dre.
(b) Mami.
(c) Tio Carmina.
(d) Tio Jorge.

6. What kind of goosebumps does El Cero give Camino?
(a) The kind that mean you are confused.
(b) The kind that mean to run away.
(c) The kind that mean you are cold.
(d) The kind that mean you are happy.

7. What does Camino demand of Yahaira before Yahaira comes to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Papi's will.
(b) A picture of Papi that she has always wanted.
(c) A U.S. passport.
(d) $10,000.

8. What does Mami hate that Yahaira frequently likes to do with Dre?
(a) Going out to dinner.
(b) Sleepovers.
(c) Ice skating.
(d) Skiing.

9. Why did some people tell Carline not to name her son?
(a) It is very bad luck to have to change a baby's name if he ends up not liking it.
(b) It is bad luck to name a baby before its first birthday.
(c) It might be better to name him after she sees what he likes to do and what his personality is like.
(d) He was very sickly and might die soon.

10. Which singer does Dre love and listen to in Part III?
(a) Lady Gaga.
(b) Nina Simone.
(c) Louie Armstrong.
(d) Billie Holiday.

11. In Part IV, why does Camino think her skin "itches"?
(a) From new medication.
(b) From bug bites.
(c) From her laundry detergent.
(d) From missing the sea.

12. What does Yahaira think Mami looks like rather than an "American-apple-pie mother" (279)?
(a) A Dominican mother.
(b) A tres golpes of a mother.
(c) A supermodel mother.
(d) A professional mother.

13. Why does Yahaira think Camino might hate her?
(a) For having stolen her boyfriend away.
(b) For making her father leave her in the first place.
(c) For also wanting to be a doctor.
(d) For being prettier than Camino is.

14. What does Mami tell Yahaira when Yahaira asks Mami if she wishes Yahaira looked more like her?
(a) Yahaira looks like a blend of Papi and Mami.
(b) Yahaira would be more attractive if she wore more makeup.
(c) Yahaira looks just like Mami.
(d) Mami has her fingerprints all over Yahaira and she does not need the world to see them to know they are there.

15. Where does Camino leave the money Yahaira wires her?
(a) In the shed.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) Taped to Papi's picture on TIa's altar.
(d) She gives it to Carline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tia tell Camino about her sister in New York City?

2. Why does Carline's boyfriend fetch Tia and Camino in Part III?

3. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?

4. What does Mami tell Yahaira after her father's wake?

5. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?

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