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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 Mami tell Yahaira to do when she is getting upset at first learning about Camino?

2. Who does Tia tell Camino the cost of Papi's funeral will be covered by?

3. How does Camino reach out to Yahaira at first?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tia do to try to revive Carline's baby?

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

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

4. Why does Mami feel especially betrayed by Papi?

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

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

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

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

9. Who tells Mami and Yahaira of the proposed settlement from the airline for Papi's death, and how much is the settlement?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay explaining how the main female characters in this novel all come together to exhibit both their collective and individual strength at the end of the book.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Vira Lata symbolizes for Camino at different points throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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