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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. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?
(a) Never forfeit.
(b) Forfeit smiling and make the opponent think she let him win.
(c) Forfeit with her head down.
(d) Forfeit with her eyes closed.

2. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?
(a) She had a mysterious benefactor who paid for it.
(b) Papi had paid just enough for tuition each quarter.
(c) She had an inheritance from her mother's family.
(d) She had raised the money for herself through bake sales.

3. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's menacing behavior?
(a) Tia is old and can not really help Camino fight El Cero.
(b) Tia will get angry at Camino if she tells her about El Cero.
(c) Tia will spend all her money trying to stop El Cero.
(d) Tia might have a heart attack, because she has a weak heart, if Camino tells her about El Cero.

4. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?
(a) Blanca.
(b) Yaya.
(c) Bella.
(d) Mada.

5. What is the phrase for giving birth that Camino loves?
(a) Pushing through.
(b) Finding the strength.
(c) Dando a luz.
(d) Fabricio a lona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?

2. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?

3. What does Camino say she knows too much of in Part I?

4. What does Yahaira know Papi used to work as in the Dominican Republic, before she was born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Yahaira want to go to the site of the plane crash?

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

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

7. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

8. What is Dre's favorite activity?

9. When does Camino feel like an orphan for the first time?

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

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