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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Yahaira play at chess the last time she had ever played chess, as she remembers in Part III?
(a) Papi.
(b) Camino.
(c) Mami.
(d) Manny.

2. When and where did Tia once teach Camino how to dance?
(a) At the ceremonies to the drums of the santero.
(b) At the dance hall.
(c) At Tia's friend's dance studio.
(d) At weddings and christenings.

3. What does Camino do after telling Tia she has reached out to Yahaira?
(a) Runs out of the house.
(b) Takes a knife and cuts herself.
(c) Throws her tablet and breaks it.
(d) Sobs.

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

5. What did Papi surprise Yahaira with one night at his billiards?
(a) A cake and a glass of coke with a splash of rum.
(b) A new set of Shakespeare books.
(c) A new chess set.
(d) A burger and a beer.

6. What did Yahaira learn in history that the Greeks made sure was in their pockets when they died?
(a) A coin to pay the passage to the other world.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) A note to loved ones.
(d) Food.

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

8. What does Mami tell Yahaira the settlement money for Papi might do for Mami?
(a) Help Tio Jorge start his own business.
(b) Help her get a new job.
(c) Help Yahaira go to college.
(d) Unshame her with her family.

9. What happened when Yahaira really needed to talk to Papi after the incident on the train in Part III?
(a) He did not answer her calls.
(b) He told her her mother would be able to help her, but he could not.
(c) He told her he had no time for such foolishness.
(d) He told her what happened had been her fault.

10. What does Camino think of when she sees Yahaira's face on video chat for the first time?
(a) She looks like Camino's own mother.
(b) She looks nothing like Papi.
(c) She looks like Tia.
(d) She has Papi's face.

11. Who reminds Yahaira most of Papi at Papi's wake?
(a) Tio Jorge.
(b) Tio Roberto.
(c) Tio Ramone.
(d) Tio Franco.

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

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

14. Why is Carline worried about Camino in Part III?
(a) Camino has been angry lately.
(b) Camino has asked her to borrow money.
(c) Camino has been getting bad grades.
(d) Some girls she knows told her they saw Camino with El Cero at the beach.

15. What is all Yahaira wants in Part IV?
(a) Her sister to come live with her.
(b) Her father back.
(c) Her mother to go back to normal.
(d) Dre to start acting as if she really loves Yahaira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mami tell Yahaira about Camino's mother?

2. What happened to Yahaira on the subway that haunts her in Part III?

3. 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?

4. What does Yahaira tell the check-in agent at the desk at the airport when it seems he might not let her fly alone?

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

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