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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. How many hours' walk are Luca and Lydia when they see two teenage sisters?
(a) A couple hours.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) About an hour.

2. What is the date in Chapter 1?
(a) April 3.
(b) April 7.
(c) April 24.
(d) April 9.

3. How long did it used to take Lydia and Sebastian to drive from Acapulco to Mexico City?
(a) Just over 4 hours.
(b) Not quite 5 hours.
(c) 3 1/2 hours.
(d) 5 1/2 hours.

4. What type of gum did Lydia's mother always buy?
(a) Spearamint.
(b) Bubble gum.
(c) Peppermint.
(d) Cinnamon.

5. How long before Lydia met Javier, did Sebastian write an article under the headline "Acapulco Falls" (121)?
(a) 30 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is delivered to Lydia in Chapter 5?

2. In Mexico City, where do migrants gather for the freight trains?

3. How many heads were found in Acapulco before apathy set in?

4. What is the name of Sebastian's friend that Lydia finds in Chilpancingo?

5. Where have Rebeca and Soledad traveled from?

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

3. What type of safety harness system did Luca used to have in his family's car?

4. What does The Casa del Migrante look like?

5. In Chapter 9, how do Lydia and Luca spend their time at Carlos and Meredith's house?

6. What do Neli and Julia say about the price to el norte?

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

8. How did Lydia meet Javier Crespo Fuentes?

9. How did Lydia learn who Javier is?

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

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