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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how far is Huehuetoca from Acapulco?
(a) 282 miles.
(b) 311 miles.
(c) 261 miles.
(d) 315 miles.

2. What book is delivered to Lydia in Chapter 5?
(a) The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty.
(b) You Punk.
(c) Love in the Time of Cholera.
(d) Heart, You Bully.

3. What is the name of the woman who checks Luca and Lydia into The Casa del Migrante?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Socorro.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Maria.

4. At the airport in Mexico City in Chapter 10, how long has it been since Luca has spoken?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 4 days.

5. In Chapter 3, what color VW Beetle does Lydia inspect?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is it in Chapter 12?

2. What type of gum did Lydia's mother always buy?

3. In Chapter 11, where is Nando from?

4. In Chapter 2, what is the unsolved crime rate in Mexico?

5. What prize might Luca have won for a geography bee that he was studying for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lydia feel when she asks Javier if he is the cartel leader, and he confirms that he is?

2. How do Soledad and Rebeca help Luca and Lydia board a moving train?

3. What was unusual about Lydia's mother?

4. In Chapter 1, who from Luca's extended family was at his grandmother's house and why?

5. Why are Lydia and Luca not able to fly to Mexico City?

6. What do Soledad and Rebeca look like when Lydia and Luca meet them?

7. How did Lydia meet Javier Crespo Fuentes?

8. In Chapter 13, why does Lydia remember running when she learned that a reporter had been killed?

9. Where do Luca and Lydia decide will be their final destination and why?

10. How do the vans carrying the missionaries and Lydia and Luca make it past a roadblock?

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