View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 327 - 417).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Yahaira think about the Dominican Republic?
(a) She has never seen so much dirt.
(b) She does not like the food at all.
(c) She has never seen so much color.
(d) She thinks she might want to stay to live there.

2. Why does Carline not go to the hospital to have her baby?
(a) Her ex-boyfriend works at the hospital and he is abusive and dangerous.
(b) She can not pay for the hospital.
(c) She hates hospitals.
(d) The baby is coming too fast and there is no time to get her there.

3. Who did Yahaira play at chess the last time she had ever played chess, as she remembers in Part III?
(a) Manny.
(b) Mami.
(c) Papi.
(d) Camino.

4. Who is Camino's best friend?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Carline.
(c) Verdada.
(d) Marina.

5. How does Yahaira describe her feelings about chess?
(a) She played chess to please her mother and her girlfriend.
(b) She played chess to win money in tournaments.
(c) She hated chess.
(d) She did chess, but she never loved it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminds Yahaira most of Papi at Papi's wake?

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

3. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?

4. Against whose wishes did Mami marry Papi, according to Yahaira?

5. How does Mami seem to observe the funeral procession for Papi in the Dominican Republic?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample