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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. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?

2. Where did Papi live most of the year?

3. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's menacing behavior?

4. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Papi's reaction when Camino tells him she wants to be a doctor and to study at Columbia University?

2. Why does Tia raise Camino?

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

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

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

6. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

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

8. When is the first time Yahaira wonders if Mami knows Papi's secret about having another wife?

9. 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?

10. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the things Camino learns from helping Tia? In particular, what does Camino learn about death and how to treat the dying? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

How does Camino feel towards her best friend Carline? Why does Camino seem to feel the need to protect Carline, even as Camino navigates her own grief for the loss of her father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Acevedo begins the novel with Camino's ruminations on mud? What does the mud of Camino's homeland symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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