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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yahaira's girlfriend have a particular talent for?

3. What did Papi once tell Yahaira about forfeiting a chess game?

4. What does Camino see at the airport when she goes to meet Papi there?

5. Where does Camino want to go to college someday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the only thing about Dre that gets on Yahaira's nerves?

2. Why is Camino so afraid of El Cero?

3. When is the first time Yahaira wonders if Mami knows Papi's secret about having another wife?

4. Why does Camino feel particularly protective of Carline in Part II?

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

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

7. What is Dre's favorite activity?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Camino is sometimes vague about the threat that El Cero poses to her, especially after Papi's death. What is the specific nature of El Cero's menace and malice towards Camino? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Camino feel towards her best friend Carline? Why does Camino seem to feel the need to protect Carline, even as Camino navigates her own grief for the loss of her father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Acevedo begins the novel with Camino's ruminations on mud? What does the mud of Camino's homeland symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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