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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. What was Papi's flight number?

2. What does Yahaira think her father always travels to the Dominican Republic for?

3. Who invites Yahaira and her mother to grief counseling?

4. What did Papi tell Yahaira when she quit playing chess?

5. Where does Camino want to go to college someday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

3. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

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

5. Why does Yahaira want to go to the site of the plane crash?

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

7. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

8. How does Camino's work with Tia influence her decision to become a doctor?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Yahaira seem to understand Camino's pain and feelings of violation when El Cero attempts to assault her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the process of discovery Yahaira experiences in realizing that she has romantic feelings for Dre.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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