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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 happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?

2. How old is Camino when Papi dies?

3. What does Camino say she knows too much of in Part I?

4. Where did Papi sometimes take Yahaira to play chess when she was a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tia raise Camino?

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

3. What upsets Mami about Papi's wishes for his funeral?

4. What is Dre's favorite activity?

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

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

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

8. When does Camino feel like an orphan for the first time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some differences, and some similarities, in how Camino and Yahaira remember Papi? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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