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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 241 - 326).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camino demand of Yahaira before Yahaira comes to the Dominican Republic?
(a) A U.S. passport.
(b) Papi's will.
(c) A picture of Papi that she has always wanted.
(d) $10,000.

2. What does Yahaira tell the check-in agent at the desk at the airport when it seems he might not let her fly alone?
(a) She is going to the Dominican Republic to try to save her Tia.
(b) Her father was a passenger on Flight 1112 and they are flying his body out that day.
(c) She is going to the Dominican Republic to meet her sister for the first time.
(d) She is going to the Dominican Republic to study to be a doctor.

3. What happens just after Tia resuscitates the baby?
(a) Nelson passes out.
(b) The electricity comes back on in the barrio.
(c) Carline vomits.
(d) Carline dies.

4. What does Yahaira think about her father's burial wishes?
(a) She wants to get him a wooden casket.
(b) She decides she must be there in the Dominican Republic for his funeral.
(c) She wants him to be cremated, too.
(d) She wants to bury a chess piece with him.

5. What phrase does Yahaira keep repeating about her mother in Part II?
(a) Mami is a liar.
(b) Mami is a good woman, a good woman.
(c) Mami is a saint.
(d) Mami needs help.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?

4. What place does Camino love the most in her hometown?

5. What kind of doctor does Camino dream of becoming?

(see the answer key)

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