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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camino think takes strength for Yahaira to arrange?
(a) To come to the Dominican Republic secretly.
(b) To want to learn to speak Spanish.
(c) To want to talk about her Mami in the way she does.
(d) To want to bring her girlfriend with her.

2. What does Tia tell Camino about her sister in New York City?
(a) She is eager to meet Camino.
(b) She is two months younger than Camino.
(c) Camino's father wanted them to meet soon.
(d) She is two years older than Camino.

3. How does El Cero tell Camino she was swimming as he was watching her in Part IV?
(a) As if she had never swum before.
(b) As if demons were chasing with torches behind her.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) Very well.

4. Which of the following does Yahaira consider one person could buy with $500,000?
(a) A new identity.
(b) A small island.
(c) A set of vintage chess sets.
(d) 500 flights to the Dominican Republic.

5. What color does Tia believe young girls should not wear?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

6. What does Tia say she will come back to help Carline with after the birth?
(a) Swaddling.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Singing lullabies.
(d) Changing diapers.

7. What does Mami tell Yahaira when Yahaira asks Mami if she wishes Yahaira looked more like her?
(a) Yahaira looks just like Mami.
(b) Yahaira would be more attractive if she wore more makeup.
(c) Mami has her fingerprints all over Yahaira and she does not need the world to see them to know they are there.
(d) Yahaira looks like a blend of Papi and Mami.

8. What is one item at Papi's memorial Yahaira thinks he would have thought was silly?
(a) Gold rings.
(b) Baseballs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Candles.

9. 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.

10. 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 loved him.
(b) All the ways she was disappointed in him.
(c) Why her mother hated him sometimes.
(d) Why she wanted to meet her sister.

11. What does Yahaira think about Camino's face when she first sees her on video chat?
(a) Camino's face shows no enthusiasm to connect.
(b) Camino's face looks angry.
(c) Camino's face looks like Tia's face.
(d) Camino's face looks like Mami's face.

12. How much money does the airline offer Yahaira's family for compensation for Papi's death?
(a) $2,000,000.
(b) $300,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

13. Why does Yahaira think Camino might hate her?
(a) For having stolen her boyfriend away.
(b) For being prettier than Camino is.
(c) For making her father leave her in the first place.
(d) For also wanting to be a doctor.

14. In Part IV, why does Camino think her skin "itches"?
(a) From missing the sea.
(b) From bug bites.
(c) From her laundry detergent.
(d) From new medication.

15. Who does Tia tell Camino the cost of Papi's funeral will be covered by?
(a) Papi's brother.
(b) The city.
(c) Tia.
(d) Papi's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Yahaira really needed to talk to Papi after the incident on the train in Part III?

2. What does Mami thank goodness for after Papi's death when she is identifying the body?

3. What is the problem with playing a game against yourself, according to Yahaira, as Papi had done for so long?

4. What does Yahaira wonder if Papi would have been upset about at his wake?

5. How does Camino reach out to Yahaira at first?

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