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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 Yahaira compare the tension in her house with Mami to?

2. What does Yahaira ask Camino to do for her for her visit to the Dominican Republic?

3. When did Papi finally call Yahaira the last summer he had been in the Dominican Republic?

4. What language does Carline's father pray in?

5. What is one item at Papi's memorial Yahaira thinks he would have thought was silly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Camino forcibly push El Cero away from her in Part III?

2. Why does Yahaira begin to feel uncomfortable at the Johnsons' house in Part III?

3. How does Yahaira learn about her sister Camino?

4. When does Camino begin to think she might "hate" her sister Yahaira?

5. What enormous secret does Tia finally tell Camino in Part III?

6. What background does Mami tell Yahaira about her marriage to Papi?

7. What does Tia tell Camino about her father's wife in relation to Camino's interests?

8. When does Papi finally call Yahaira during his last summer trip to the Dominican Republic?

9. How does Yahaira get a plane ticket to go to the Dominican Republic?

10. What does Yahaira decide to do regarding Camino's friend request, and what does she actually do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why and how does Papi's death so completely jeopardize Camino's and Tia's security, finances, and standard of living in the Dominican Republic? 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

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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