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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who drives Camino to the airport to collect Papi?
(a) Tia.
(b) Yahaira.
(c) Franco.
(d) Don Mateo.

3. Who do Tia and Camino visit together in Part I, early in the morning?
(a) The woman with cancer.
(b) El Cero.
(c) Camino's grandmother.
(d) Camino's mother.

4. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?
(a) His suitcase that has not been claimed.
(b) Lots of police.
(c) His best friend, looking sad.
(d) A crowd of people circled around a TV screen.

5. What kind of music did Papi used to love?
(a) Hip hop.
(b) Bachata.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Salsa.

6. What does Yahaira know Papi used to work as in the Dominican Republic, before she was born?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A lifeguard.
(c) An architect.
(d) A fire fighter.

7. What secret does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before he dies?
(a) He was sick.
(b) He had no family in the Dominican Republic.
(c) He had another wife.
(d) He had a son.

8. What is Tia's theory about when bad news is coming?
(a) The dogs will start barking.
(b) The Saints will try to warn you.
(c) There will be larger waves at sea.
(d) Rain will start.

9. What impulse does Yahaira have when Mami leaves for work in Part II for the first time since Papi's death?
(a) To run away from home.
(b) To buy things online.
(c) To start a fire.
(d) To call her back and ask her not to leave.

10. What upsets Zoila when she finds out what Papi has written in his will about his burial?
(a) He wants to be buried in the Dominican Republic.
(b) He wants to be cremated.
(c) He wants a gold casket.
(d) He wants to be buried next to his infant daughter who died days after her birth.

11. What do Tia and Camino eat for breakfast?
(a) Coffee and bread.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Rice.
(d) Bananas.

12. How did Papi help Carline?
(a) In getting her current good job.
(b) In assisting her pay her parking ticket fees.
(c) In finding her a good daycare.
(d) In assisting her father find help for his alcoholism.

13. How old is Camino when Papi dies?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 32.

14. Who does Yahaira let hold her for the first time since Papi died?
(a) Tio Jorge.
(b) Camino.
(c) Dr. Johnson.
(d) Dre.

15. What does the lady at the ice cream shop do for Carline and Camino?
(a) Gives them a job.
(b) Gives them money.
(c) Gives them free ice cream.
(d) Gives them popcorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tia look worried in Part II?

2. What does Yahaira's Mami say in the grief group session?

3. Where does Tia hold a private prayer for Papi?

4. Who appoints herself the general of logistics when Zoila's family comes to visit after Papi's death?

5. What does Papi tell Yahaira the night before he dies?

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