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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 does Camino say learning mud is like?

2. What is Yahaira's last name?

3. What makes Camino sick about where she is when she finds out her father's remains have been found?

4. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?

5. How did Camino's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tia raise Camino?

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

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

4. What does Papi tell Yahaira right before he leaves for the flight that he dies on?

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

6. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

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

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

9. How did Yahaira feel about chess?

10. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's veiled threats and actions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Yahaira find it difficult to be at Dre's house right after Papi's death, and how does she handle these uncomfortable feelings? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How do many of Mami's family members begin acting when word gets out that she has come into money from the settlement following Papi's death in the plane crash? How does Yahaira feel about these behaviors? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Camino feel when she goes to the beach near her house? What does Camino mean when she says the beach "has saved my life on the many days when I need a reminder the world is bigger than the one I know" (35)? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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