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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.
2. What does Mami tell Yahaira after her father's wake?
(a) She thinks they should invite Camino for a visit.
(b) She thinks they should get a dog.
(c) She thinks they should buy a new house.
(d) She thinks they should take a trip for Yahaira's birthday.
3. Why is Yahaira somewhat angry at Mami after finding out about Camino?
(a) She is tired of being lied to and she is the only one there to be angry at.
(b) She thinks Mami is still lying to her.
(c) She thinks Mami should have invited Camino to live with them.
(d) She thinks Mami is responsible for Papi's death.
4. What does Mami hate that Yahaira frequently likes to do with Dre?
(a) Going out to dinner.
(b) Sleepovers.
(c) Ice skating.
(d) Skiing.
5. When did Papi finally call Yahaira the last summer he had been in the Dominican Republic?
(a) When Mami asked him to call her.
(b) When he got an email saying she had been a no-show for a chess tournament.
(c) When Tio Jorge told him she had been misbehaving.
(d) When he needed to send her money.
6. What does Yahaira remember whispering into the phone the day Papi told her he was disappointed in her, after he had hung up?
(a) All the ways she was disappointed in him.
(b) Why she wanted to meet her sister.
(c) All the ways she loved him.
(d) Why her mother hated him sometimes.
7. What did Yahaira learn in history that the Greeks made sure was in their pockets when they died?
(a) Food.
(b) A note to loved ones.
(c) A coin to pay the passage to the other world.
(d) Flower petals.
8. What happens just after Tia resuscitates the baby?
(a) Carline dies.
(b) Nelson passes out.
(c) The electricity comes back on in the barrio.
(d) Carline vomits.
9. 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 hates hospitals.
(c) The baby is coming too fast and there is no time to get her there.
(d) She can not pay for the hospital.
10. What did Papi surprise Yahaira with one night at his billiards?
(a) A new chess set.
(b) A new set of Shakespeare books.
(c) A burger and a beer.
(d) A cake and a glass of coke with a splash of rum.
11. Who reminds Yahaira most of Papi at Papi's wake?
(a) Tio Roberto.
(b) Tio Franco.
(c) Tio Jorge.
(d) Tio Ramone.
12. When and where did Tia once teach Camino how to dance?
(a) At the ceremonies to the drums of the santero.
(b) At Tia's friend's dance studio.
(c) At weddings and christenings.
(d) At the dance hall.
13. What does Yahaira compare the tension in her house with Mami to?
(a) A winged monster.
(b) A worm.
(c) A thief.
(d) A fox.
14. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?
(a) Camino's face looks angry.
(b) Camino's face looks like Tia's face.
(c) Camino's face shows no enthusiasm to connect.
(d) Camino's face looks like Mami's face.
15. What does Camino think takes strength for Yahaira to arrange?
(a) To want to talk about her Mami in the way she does.
(b) To want to learn to speak Spanish.
(c) To want to bring her girlfriend with her.
(d) To come to the Dominican Republic secretly.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Camino think Carline's baby looks like when he is born?
2. How does El Cero tell Camino she was swimming as he was watching her in Part IV?
3. What does Camino make for Yahaira to eat when she visits?
4. What does Yahaira ask Camino to do for her for her visit to the Dominican Republic?
5. What does Camino demand of Yahaira before Yahaira comes to the Dominican Republic?
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