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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 Carline say when Camino tells her about contacting Yahaira?
2. What does Yahaira want to call her mother's family members who come asking for money immediately after Papi's death?
3. What does Camino do after telling Tia she has reached out to Yahaira?
4. What word or words does Mami use to describe what Tio Jorge was to Papi?
5. What does Tia say she will come back to help Carline with after the birth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Yahaira know Papi used to feel about flowers?
2. What does Tia do to try to revive Carline's baby?
3. What does Mami tell Yahaira about her reasons for not having Camino come to stay with them?
4. What is wrong with Carline in Part III to make Nelson fetch Tia and Camino?
5. Why does Camino forcibly push El Cero away from her in Part III?
6. What background does Mami tell Yahaira about her marriage to Papi?
7. What does Yahaira remember about a harrowing train ride in Part III?
8. Why does Mami feel especially betrayed by Papi?
9. What is worrying Camino about planning for her father's funeral?
10. What threat does Camino make to Yahaira in Part IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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