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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. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?
(a) They met at a dance class.
(b) They were set up on a blind date.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They were childhood friends who reconnected at El Malecon.

2. What does Camino say learning mud is like?
(a) Learning how to fall.
(b) Learning how to love dirt.
(c) Learning the language of survival.
(d) Learning how to be vulnerable.

3. What does Yahaira do at the Johnson's house while she waits for Dre to come home?
(a) Stack books in their living loom library.
(b) Change the car's punctured tire.
(c) Organize photos.
(d) Cook dinner.

4. Why does Tia look worried in Part II?
(a) She thinks Camino is not really cut out to be a doctor.
(b) Life as she and Camino knows it has ended with Papi's death.
(c) She thinks Papi's spirit is not at peace.
(d) She thinks Camino is not praying hard enough.

5. What does Yahaira know Papi used to work as in the Dominican Republic, before she was born?
(a) An accountant.
(b) An architect.
(c) A fire fighter.
(d) A lifeguard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tia tell Camino about mud?

2. What does Yahaira think her father always travels to the Dominican Republic for?

3. How did Papi lose the tip of one finger?

4. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?

5. Why does Yahaira want to go to a place that is close to the plane crash site?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Camino's work with Tia influence her decision to become a doctor?

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

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

4. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

5. What is the only thing about Dre that gets on Yahaira's nerves?

6. Why does Tia raise Camino?

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

8. Why was Yahaira so resentful towards Papi during the last summer he was in the Dominican Republic?

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

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

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