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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. How do the bandidos view the village?

2. Who wanted to revoke technology?

3. Who is Garcia-Garcia's favorite film star?

4. Which season is it when the book begins?

5. Which sport do Nayeli and Yolo play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Veronica like?

2. What is historic about Irma's election?

3. In Chapter Five, what shocks Irma about pinto beans?

4. What does Irma do at the market that embarrasses the girls?

5. What were the surfos unprepared for?

6. Which groups have tried to convert the villagers?

7. What happens after Nayeli watches The Magnificent Seven?

8. Why do the older women in the village doubt Irma for office?

9. What do the two bandidos argue about?

10. What are the bandidos's jobs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Irma believe life and love are war? How does she try to prepare Nayeli, both physically and emotionally, to be a winner at life?

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of Nayeli leaving the postcard for her father? What does it say about Nayeli that she has come this far and does not speak to him?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Chuy take Nayeli under his wing? Would the group have been in more danger if he did not warn them about things? What does Chuy's character balance out?

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