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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 Mami tell Yahaira about Camino's mother?
(a) Camino's mother was a terrible person who always hated Mami.
(b) She was friends with Camino's mother and Camino's mother really had Papi's heart in a way Mami herself did not.
(c) Camino's mother died just after Camino was born from an infection.
(d) Camino's mother asked Mami to take Camino in as her own, and Mami wanted to do this, but Camino refused.

2. What is one reason Yahaira thinks she wants to meet Camino?
(a) She might have advice about how to apply to college.
(b) She might be able to help Yahaira with her Spanish.
(c) She might have answers about Yahaira's own mother.
(d) She might feel like a piece of Papi.

3. What does Camino think takes strength for Yahaira to arrange?
(a) To want to bring her girlfriend with her.
(b) To come to the Dominican Republic secretly.
(c) To want to learn to speak Spanish.
(d) To want to talk about her Mami in the way she does.

4. What did Yahaira learn in history that the Greeks made sure was in their pockets when they died?
(a) A coin to pay the passage to the other world.
(b) A note to loved ones.
(c) Flower petals.
(d) Food.

5. What does Camino know she was not born to?
(a) Patience.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yahaira tell the check-in agent at the desk at the airport when it seems he might not let her fly alone?

2. Why is Carline worried about Camino in Part III?

3. What seems easiest to Camino in terms of her burgeoning relationship with her sister in Part IV?

4. What does Yahaira think Mami looks like rather than an "American-apple-pie mother" (279)?

5. Who or what does Camino think her shoes are from that Papi brought for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yahaira decide to do regarding Camino's friend request, and what does she actually do?

2. What does Yahaira remember about a harrowing train ride in Part III?

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

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

5. How does Yahaira learn about her sister Camino?

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

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

8. What threat does Camino make to Yahaira in Part IV?

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

10. Why does Mami feel especially betrayed by Papi?

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