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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 Tia's name?

2. Who is Camino's best friend?

3. What is Yahaira's girlfriend's nickname?

4. What impulse does Yahaira have when Mami leaves for work in Part II for the first time since Papi's death?

5. What does the lady at the ice cream shop do for Carline and Camino?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does El Cero tell Camino about what she supposedly owes him in Part II?

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

4. How does Mami handle the romantic relationship between Yahaira and Dre?

5. Why does Tia raise Camino?

6. What upsets Mami about Papi's wishes for his funeral?

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

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

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

10. What is Dre's favorite activity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the game of chess mean to Yahaira, and why does she stop playing chess abruptly in the year before Papi dies? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some differences, and some similarities, in how Camino and Yahaira remember Papi? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Vira Lata symbolizes for Camino at different points throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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