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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 old was Luca when he first started talking as a toddler?

2. Where is Meredith from?

3. What is the name of the school daredevil that Luca remembered at the end of Chapter 14?

4. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Luca remember were on the safety strap he used to wear in the family car?

5. What tattoo does Luca see on a man's leg in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lydia meet Javier Crespo Fuentes?

2. In Chapter 3, why is Lydia cautious when she approaches the family's car?

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

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

5. What does The Casa del Migrante look like?

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

7. Why might it have been a good idea for Luca to see the violence in the backyard?

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

9. Why does the detective at Lydia's house not contradict her when she says that the cartel will kill her too?

10. In Chapter 5, how does Lydia know that Javier has found them at the hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

El Chacal is the coyote who smuggles Lydia and the others across the border. What type of person is El Chacal? What type of person does he want to be? How is he different from other coyotes that characters has encountered or heard about?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Soledad and Rebeca both endure trauma. What trauma do the girls endure? How does Soledad seem to be able to rise above the trauma? How does Rebeca seem devastated by the trauma? Do they cope differently with the trauma they experience? How does trauma affect them differently?

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