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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the stray dog that hangs around Camino?
(a) Strata.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Vira Lata.
(d) Lanana.

4. How did Camino's mother die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Drowning accident.

5. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's menacing behavior?
(a) Tia will get angry at Camino if she tells her about El Cero.
(b) Tia might have a heart attack, because she has a weak heart, if Camino tells her about El Cero.
(c) Tia will spend all her money trying to stop El Cero.
(d) Tia is old and can not really help Camino fight El Cero.

6. What does Camino remember Papi doing when she told him she wanted to be a doctor and attend Columbia University?
(a) Becoming Angry.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Telling her she needed to ask her mother to pay for college for her.
(d) Pretending he did not hear her.

7. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?
(a) You have to give it up.
(b) You have to move it backward.
(c) You have to hide it.
(d) You have to move it forward.

8. What did Papi sometimes call Yahaira?
(a) Farfalle.
(b) Bella negra.
(c) My sweetheart.
(d) My cafe latte.

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

10. What is one of Papi's favorites that Camino makes for his arrival in Part I?
(a) Pita bread.
(b) Chicken soup.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Sancocho.

11. What is Tia's name?
(a) Roberta.
(b) Solana.
(c) Fertada.
(d) Mia.

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

13. What chess piece did Yahaira used to give up when she was a little girl?
(a) Her queen.
(b) Her knight.
(c) Her pawn.
(d) Her king.

14. What does Camino say learning mud is like?
(a) Learning how to be vulnerable.
(b) Learning how to fall.
(c) Learning the language of survival.
(d) Learning how to love dirt.

15. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?
(a) They were childhood friends who reconnected at El Malecon.
(b) They met at a dance class.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They were set up on a blind date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Zoila when she finds out what Papi has written in his will about his burial?

2. What is Camino's first reaction to the news of her father's death?

3. How does Papi die?

4. Who does Yahaira let hold her for the first time since Papi died?

5. What does the lady at the ice cream shop do for Carline and Camino?

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