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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 was Papi's flight number?
(a) 2076.
(b) 1043.
(c) 1112.
(d) 711.

2. How did Camino's mother die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Drowning accident.

3. What kind of music did Papi used to love?
(a) Hip hop.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Bachata.
(d) Salsa.

4. What does Camino hope she can do for herself and Tia when she becomes a professional?
(a) Moving them both to Europe.
(b) Finding ways to make connections with powerful people.
(c) Becoming a better cook.
(d) Make life easier for them both by being able to afford more.

5. What makes Camino sick about where she is when she finds out her father's remains have been found?
(a) She is looking at the ocean Papi died in.
(b) She is at the house Papi used to love.
(c) She is at the cemetery.
(d) She is at the beach, which she loves, but she is with El Cero, who she hates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?

2. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?

3. How old is Camino when Papi dies?

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

5. What did Papi own on Dyckman Street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

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

5. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

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

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

8. Why does Tia raise Camino?

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

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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