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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 were set up on a blind date.
(b) They met at a dance class.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They were childhood friends who reconnected at El Malecon.

2. Who drives Camino to the airport to collect Papi?
(a) Don Mateo.
(b) Yahaira.
(c) Franco.
(d) Tia.

3. Who is the single love of Camino's life?
(a) Yahaira.
(b) Mami.
(c) Tia.
(d) Papi.

4. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?
(a) Her boveda.
(b) Her garden.
(c) Her closet.
(d) Her church.

5. Who comforts Yahaira most at the family gathering for her father in Part II?
(a) Tia Mabel.
(b) Tia Julia.
(c) Tio Jorge.
(d) Tio Ramone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Papi wear on his hand?

2. What is the phrase for giving birth that Camino loves?

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

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

5. Where did Papi live most of the year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

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

4. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

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