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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 does Camino leave the money Yahaira wires her?
(a) Under her mattress.
(b) She gives it to Carline.
(c) In the shed.
(d) Taped to Papi's picture on TIa's altar.

2. What food had Yahaira never had until eating dinner at the Johnsons' house?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

4. Why does Carline not go to the hospital to have her baby?
(a) She can not pay for the hospital.
(b) The baby is coming too fast and there is no time to get her there.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend works at the hospital and he is abusive and dangerous.
(d) She hates hospitals.

5. What happened to Yahaira on the subway that haunts her in Part III?
(a) She was sexually assaulted.
(b) She was robbed of her phone and money.
(c) She saw someone die.
(d) She was injured when her hand got caught in a door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camino think Tia is "armored" in in Part III (161)?

2. Why did some people tell Carline not to name her son?

3. Where does Camino hide the bills from her school?

4. What does Mami tell Yahaira about Camino's mother?

5. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mami feel especially betrayed by Papi?

2. What enormous secret does Tia finally tell Camino in Part III?

3. When does Papi finally call Yahaira during his last summer trip to the Dominican Republic?

4. Why does Carline tell Camino she is concerned about Camino in Part III?

5. How does Yahaira know Papi used to feel about flowers?

6. What does Yahaira leave at the shrine for Papi?

7. Why does Camino forcibly push El Cero away from her in Part III?

8. What do Yahaira and Camino do for the first few minutes of their first video chat?

9. How does Yahaira get a plane ticket to go to the Dominican Republic?

10. What does Yahaira come to understand about Papi and the way he moved between his two families?

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