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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 does Yahaira want to call her mother's family members who come asking for money immediately after Papi's death?
(a) Farfalles.
(b) Matadonas.
(c) Rollenos.
(d) Cucarachas.

2. What does Camino think Tia is "armored" in in Part III (161)?
(a) Her Friends.
(b) Her Sinners.
(c) Her Money.
(d) Her Saints.

3. Which singer does Dre love and listen to in Part III?
(a) Lady Gaga.
(b) Louie Armstrong.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Nina Simone.

4. When did Papi finally call Yahaira the last summer he had been in the Dominican Republic?
(a) When Mami asked him to call her.
(b) When he got an email saying she had been a no-show for a chess tournament.
(c) When he needed to send her money.
(d) When Tio Jorge told him she had been misbehaving.

5. Who did Yahaira play at chess the last time she had ever played chess, as she remembers in Part III?
(a) Manny.
(b) Mami.
(c) Papi.
(d) Camino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one item at Papi's memorial Yahaira thinks he would have thought was silly?

2. What language does Carline's father pray in?

3. When and where did Tia once teach Camino how to dance?

4. How does Yahaira respond to Camino's first message?

5. What did Yahaira learn in history that the Greeks made sure was in their pockets when they died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mami tell Yahaira about her reasons for not having Camino come to stay with them?

2. Why does Mami feel especially betrayed by Papi?

3. Why does Camino decide not to tell Carline that Yahaira is coming to visit?

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

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

6. What does Yahaira think about the behavior of some of Mami's relatives after they find out about the airline settlement money?

7. What is worrying Camino about planning for her father's funeral?

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

9. What does Tia do to try to revive Carline's baby?

10. Who tells Mami and Yahaira of the proposed settlement from the airline for Papi's death, and how much is the settlement?

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