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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 kind of "poor" does Camino think of herself as?
2. What kind of music did Papi used to love?
3. Why does Tia look worried in Part II?
4. Where did Camino's mother meet Papi?
5. How did Camino's mother die?
Short Essay Questions
1. When is the first time Yahaira wonders if Mami knows Papi's secret about having another wife?
2. What is Papi's reaction when Camino tells him she wants to be a doctor and to study at Columbia University?
3. Who comforts Yahaira when many family members are over the house to sympathize with Yahaira and Mami, and how does Yahaira think this person feels?
4. What is the only thing about Dre that gets on Yahaira's nerves?
5. Why does Yahaira stop playing chess?
6. What does El Cero tell Camino about what she supposedly owes him in Part II?
7. Why does Camino decide not to tell Tia about El Cero's veiled threats and actions?
8. What does Papi tell Yahaira right before he leaves for the flight that he dies on?
9. What does Yahaira do to try to get her mother back on her feet in the haze of Mami's grief in Part II?
10. What is the one humane memory Camino has of El Cero from the past?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Camino's most fervent dream for her own future, and how does she plan to achieve it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How and when does Acevedo employ the use of suspense in this novel to hold the reader's attention and/or deepen the reader's understanding of a character(s)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Yahaira find it difficult to be at Dre's house right after Papi's death, and how does she handle these uncomfortable feelings? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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