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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with playing a game against yourself, according to Yahaira, as Papi had done for so long?
(a) You can not keep track of who is winning.
(b) It is too hard on your family.
(c) You can only get away with it for so long.
(d) You always lose.

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

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

4. What seems easiest to Camino in terms of her burgeoning relationship with her sister in Part IV?
(a) To ask Yahaira to teach her how to play chess to ingratiate herself to her.
(b) Not to get too attached and not to give her a reason to get attached to Camino either.
(c) To try to figure out which one of them Papi loved better.
(d) To try to get to know Yahaira's Mami.

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

6. Who stays until the very end of Papi's wake?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Ramone.
(c) Tio Jorge.
(d) Dre.

7. What is one item at Papi's memorial Yahaira thinks he would have thought was silly?
(a) Gold rings.
(b) Baseballs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Candles.

8. Where does Camino hide the bills from her school?
(a) Under a candle Tia never moves.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) In the shed.
(d) Under a loose floorboard.

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

10. What food had Yahaira never had until eating dinner at the Johnsons' house?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Meatloaf.

11. Where is the memorial for Papi in New York?
(a) Outside of his billiard hall.
(b) At his church.
(c) At his favorite bar.
(d) Outside of his house.

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

13. What does the money in the amount of the airline's compensation offer for Papi's death make Yahaira think of?
(a) Escaping.
(b) A game show.
(c) Inequality.
(d) Another dimension.

14. 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) Anger.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) The absence of just the huge loss of Papi.
(d) Joy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Camino reach out to Yahaira at first?

3. Why does Yahaira think Camino might hate her?

4. What happened when Yahaira really needed to talk to Papi after the incident on the train in Part III?

5. What did Yahaira learn in history that the Greeks made sure was in their pockets when they died?

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