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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 chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?

2. What kind of music did Papi used to love?

3. How did Camino's mother die?

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

5. What was Papi's flight number?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before his death?

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

6. What is Dre's favorite activity?

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

8. Why does Tia raise Camino?

9. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

10. What is Papi's reaction when Camino tells him she wants to be a doctor and to study at Columbia University?

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

What does the game of chess mean to Yahaira, and why does she stop playing chess abruptly in the year before Papi dies? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Acevedo's decision to write this novel in verse affect the reader's experience? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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