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

5. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?
(a) Lanana.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Vira Lata.
(d) Strata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?

2. Where did Papi live most of the year?

3. What is Yahaira's last name?

4. What game does Yahaira excel at?

5. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comforts Yahaira when many family members are over the house to sympathize with Yahaira and Mami, and how does Yahaira think this person feels?

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

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

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

5. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

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

7. How did Yahaira feel about chess?

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

9. What does Yahaira do to try to get her mother back on her feet in the haze of Mami's grief in Part II?

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

(see the answer keys)

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