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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which cousin of Yahaira's asks Mami for money for an engagement ring for his fiance?
(a) Walter.
(b) William.
(c) Warren.
(d) Wilson.

2. What does Yahaira wonder if Papi would have been upset about at his wake?
(a) Whether Yahaira is going to the Dominican Republic without telling Mami.
(b) Whether Camino asked Yahaira for money.
(c) Whether Yahaira is not going to college.
(d) Whether Wilson asked for money from them.

3. What does Camino think Carline's baby looks like when he is born?
(a) A wrinkled fruit from a shaken tree.
(b) A fox.
(c) A doll.
(d) A puppy.

4. How does Yahaira respond to Camino's first message?
(a) She tells Camino she does not want to speak with her again.
(b) She tells Camino she needs Camino to come to New York to visit her.
(c) She tells her she thinks they should video chat.
(d) She does not reply.

5. Why does Carline not go to the hospital to have her baby?
(a) She hates hospitals.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend works at the hospital and he is abusive and dangerous.
(c) The baby is coming too fast and there is no time to get her there.
(d) She can not pay for the hospital.

6. What does Mami tell Yahaira about Camino's mother?
(a) She was friends with Camino's mother and Camino's mother really had Papi's heart in a way Mami herself did not.
(b) Camino's mother was a terrible person who always hated Mami.
(c) Camino's mother died just after Camino was born from an infection.
(d) Camino's mother asked Mami to take Camino in as her own, and Mami wanted to do this, but Camino refused.

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

8. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

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

10. What does Camino think Tia is "armored" in in Part III (161)?
(a) Her Sinners.
(b) Her Saints.
(c) Her Friends.
(d) Her Money.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Tia say to Camino when she holds Carline's baby for the first time?
(a) Take her.
(b) Ven, mi'jo.
(c) Find the light.
(d) Help me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is all Yahaira wants in Part IV?

2. Which singer does Dre love and listen to in Part III?

3. Against whose wishes did Mami marry Papi, according to Yahaira?

4. What does Camino demand of Yahaira before Yahaira comes to the Dominican Republic?

5. What does Camino worry about as she and Tia plan Papi's funeral?

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