2. What does Yahaira's Mami say in the grief group session?
(a) She feels like Papi is not yet dead.
(b) She feels like she loses Papi again every morning when she wakes up.
(c) She is very angry at the airline.
(d) She is terrified of losing Yahaira now.

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

4. What game does Yahaira excel at?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Chess.
(d) Field hockey.

5. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?
(a) You have to move it backward.
(b) You have to move it forward.
(c) You have to give it up.
(d) You have to hide it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?

2. What does Camino hope she can do for herself and Tia when she becomes a professional?

3. What did Camino learn when she was young about how to talk of the dying?

4. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?

5. Who is Camino most afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Yahaira feel about chess?

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

9. What does Yahaira mostly remember from when she is given the news about her father's death?

10. Why does Tia raise Camino?

(see the answer keys)

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