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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yahaira want to go to a place that is close to the plane crash site?

2. Where is Yahaira when she hears about her father's death?

3. What does Camino's headmistress say about tuition after Papi's death?

4. What phrase does Yahaira keep repeating about her mother in Part II?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

2. What is Dre's favorite activity?

3. What does Yahaira do to try to get her mother back on her feet in the haze of Mami's grief in Part II?

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

5. Why was Yahaira so resentful towards Papi during the last summer he was in the Dominican Republic?

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

7. What does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before his death?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the settlement money from the airline for Papi's death represent for Yahaira? What does it represent to Camino? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Yahaira feel when she first finds out about Camino, and how and when do her feelings begin to shift and change afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Vira Lata symbolizes for Camino at different points throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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