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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Papi live most of the year?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Columbia.

2. What does Yahaira think her father always travels to the Dominican Republic for?
(a) To work at the beach.
(b) To cook in a restaurant for the summer.
(c) Negocios.
(d) To find a new house for Yahaira there.

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

4. What does Camino want to do for a career?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Professional sports.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

5. What game does Yahaira excel at?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Field hockey.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Chess.

6. What is Yahaira's first language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) German.

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

8. Who invites Yahaira and her mother to grief counseling?
(a) Yahaira's best friend.
(b) Yahaira's principal.
(c) The neighborhood association.
(d) Yahaira's grandmother.

9. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?
(a) Growing plants.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Dance.
(d) Chess.

10. Where does Yahaira's Mami work?
(a) A spa.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Wall Street.
(d) A law office.

11. Why does Yahaira want to go to a place that is close to the plane crash site?
(a) She wants to meet other family members of crash victims.
(b) She thinks somehow she can change the outcome.
(c) She wants to see if she can feel like Papi is there somehow in spirit.
(d) She wants to see if there is debris.

12. What is Camino's first reaction to the news of her father's death?
(a) She cries on the floor of the airport.
(b) She refuses to believe it.
(c) She calls her sister to tell her about it.
(d) She calls her mother to tell her about it.

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

14. What does Yahaira call her mother?
(a) Madre.
(b) Ma.
(c) Mami.
(d) Mom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something no one knows and probably would not believe, according to Yahaira?

2. How did Papi help Carline?

3. What happens once you lift a pawn off the board, according to Yahaira?

4. What does Yahaira think about her father's burial wishes?

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

(see the answer keys)

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