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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. Who does Yahaira let hold her for the first time since Papi died?
2. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?
3. What did Papi own on Dyckman Street?
4. Who is Camino's and Tia's neighbor?
5. What chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Camino feel particularly protective of Carline in Part II?
3. What does Yahaira mostly remember from when she is given the news about her father's death?
4. Why does Tia raise Camino?
5. How did Yahaira feel about chess?
6. How does Mami handle the romantic relationship between Yahaira and Dre?
7. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?
8. Why was Yahaira so resentful towards Papi during the last summer he was in the Dominican Republic?
9. What upsets Mami about Papi's wishes for his funeral?
10. What is Dre's favorite activity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How and when does Acevedo employ the use of suspense in this novel to hold the reader's attention and/or deepen the reader's understanding of a character(s)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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