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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. How much money does the airline offer Yahaira's family for compensation for Papi's death?

2. Why does Carline not go to the hospital to have her baby?

3. What does Yahaira compare the tension in her house with Mami to?

4. What does Tia say she will come back to help Carline with after the birth?

5. Who did Yahaira play at chess the last time she had ever played chess, as she remembers in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yahaira learn about her sister Camino?

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

3. What does Mami tell Yahaira about her reasons for not having Camino come to stay with them?

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

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

6. What does Yahaira come to understand about Papi and the way he moved between his two families?

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

8. What is worrying Camino about planning for her father's funeral?

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

10. What does Yahaira leave at the shrine for Papi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay discussing the process of discovery Yahaira experiences in realizing that she has romantic feelings for Dre.

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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