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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yahaira describe her feelings about chess?
(a) She played chess to please her mother and her girlfriend.
(b) She played chess to win money in tournaments.
(c) She hated chess.
(d) She did chess, but she never loved it.

2. What did Papi tell Yahaira when she quit playing chess?
(a) She broke his heart.
(b) She will not be able to go to college.
(c) She will have to find a new sport.
(d) She will not get an allowance any longer.

3. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?
(a) Her closet.
(b) Her boveda.
(c) Her garden.
(d) Her church.

4. What neighborhood does Yahaira live in with Mami?
(a) Morningside Heights.
(b) Queens.
(c) Fort Greene.
(d) Williamsburg.

5. What impulse does Yahaira have when Mami leaves for work in Part II for the first time since Papi's death?
(a) To run away from home.
(b) To buy things online.
(c) To call her back and ask her not to leave.
(d) To start a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Camino's best friend?

2. How does Papi die?

3. What phrase does Yahaira keep repeating about her mother in Part II?

4. Where does Camino live?

5. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Mami about Papi's wishes for his funeral?

2. How does Mami handle the romantic relationship between Yahaira and Dre?

3. What does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before his death?

4. When is the first time Yahaira wonders if Mami knows Papi's secret about having another wife?

5. What does El Cero tell Camino about what she supposedly owes him in Part II?

6. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's veiled threats and actions?

7. What is the one humane memory Camino has of El Cero from the past?

8. Why does Camino feel particularly protective of Carline in Part II?

9. What does Papi tell Yahaira right before he leaves for the flight that he dies on?

10. What is Papi's reaction when Camino tells him she wants to be a doctor and to study at Columbia University?

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