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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 upsets Zoila when she finds out what Papi has written in his will about his burial?

2. Who does Yahaira let hold her for the first time since Papi died?

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

4. What does Yahaira's Mami say in the grief group session?

5. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yahaira feel about chess?

2. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?

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

4. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Yahaira feel when she first finds out about Camino, and how and when do her feelings begin to shift and change afterwards? 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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