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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Camino afford to go to a private school?
(a) She had a mysterious benefactor who paid for it.
(b) She had raised the money for herself through bake sales.
(c) Papi had paid just enough for tuition each quarter.
(d) She had an inheritance from her mother's family.

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

4. What does Yahaira think about her father's burial wishes?
(a) She wants him to be cremated, too.
(b) She wants to bury a chess piece with him.
(c) She decides she must be there in the Dominican Republic for his funeral.
(d) She wants to get him a wooden casket.

5. 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 best friend, looking sad.
(d) His suitcase that has not been claimed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tia and Camino eat for breakfast?

2. What does Yahaira's girlfriend call her?

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

4. What is the phrase for giving birth that Camino loves?

5. What secret does Yahaira learn about Papi about a year before he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yahaira want to go to the site of the plane crash?

2. Why was Yahaira so resentful towards Papi during the last summer he was in the Dominican Republic?

3. What does Yahaira do to try to get her mother back on her feet in the haze of Mami's grief in Part II?

4. What does Papi tell Yahaira right before he leaves for the flight that he dies on?

5. What is Papi's reaction when Camino tells him she wants to be a doctor and to study at Columbia University?

6. What does Yahaira mostly remember from when she is given the news about her father's death?

7. How does Yahaira feel about the Dominican Republic?

8. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's veiled threats and actions?

9. When does Camino feel like an orphan for the first time?

10. How does Camino's work with Tia influence her decision to become a doctor?

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