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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) Warren.
(b) William.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Walter.

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

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

4. When did Papi finally call Yahaira the last summer he had been in the Dominican Republic?
(a) When Mami asked him to call her.
(b) When Tio Jorge told him she had been misbehaving.
(c) When he got an email saying she had been a no-show for a chess tournament.
(d) When he needed to send her money.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) A note to loved ones.
(c) Food.
(d) Flower petals.

10. How does Camino reach out to Yahaira at first?
(a) She shows up at her door.
(b) With a phone call.
(c) In a written letter.
(d) Through a social media message.

11. What kind of doctor does Camino dream of becoming?
(a) A cardiologist.
(b) An obstetrician.
(c) A dermatologist.
(d) A rheumatologist.

12. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?
(a) Camino's face looks like Mami's face.
(b) Camino's face looks like Tia's face.
(c) Camino's face looks angry.
(d) Camino's face shows no enthusiasm to connect.

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

14. What does Yahaira remember whispering into the phone the day Papi told her he was disappointed in her, after he had hung up?
(a) Why she wanted to meet her sister.
(b) All the ways she was disappointed in him.
(c) All the ways she loved him.
(d) Why her mother hated him sometimes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Yahaira consider one person could buy with $500,000?

3. Who or what does Camino think her shoes are from that Papi brought for her?

4. What does Camino know she was not born to?

5. What did Papi surprise Yahaira with one night at his billiards?

(see the answer keys)

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