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Yes, they do. This Calabi-Yau is a small resolution of a (2,2,2,2) complete intersection in ${\bf P}^7$, and the curves in question are exceptional curves for this small resolution. Each such curve contributes $1$ to the Gromov-Witten invariants of its homology class.
