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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. In Chapter 1, what is Papi cooking?
2. How many children did Lydia tell Sebastian that Javier had in Chapter 8?
3. In Chapter 6, how much time do Luca and Lydia have before their bus leaves for Mexico City?
4. What birthday did Lydia celebrate in Chapter 4?
5. In Chapter 3, on what floor of the Hotel Duquesa Imperial do Lydia and Luca stay?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, how does Lydia know that Javier has found them at the hotel?
2. How do Soledad and Rebeca help Luca and Lydia board a moving train?
3. What do Soledad and Rebeca look like when Lydia and Luca meet them?
4. What do Neli and Julia say about the price to el norte?
5. What does Luca see at the end of Chapter 12 when he goes to the bathroom?
6. Why might it have been a good idea for Luca to see the violence in the backyard?
7. How do the vans carrying the missionaries and Lydia and Luca make it past a roadblock?
8. Why does the detective at Lydia's house not contradict her when she says that the cartel will kill her too?
9. In Chapter 13, why does Lydia remember running when she learned that a reporter had been killed?
10. How does Lydia feel when she asks Javier if he is the cartel leader, and he confirms that he is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lydia and Luca had to steal rides on trains to go north. Why was riding La Bestia the only option for Lydia and Luca? Why was Lydia reluctant to ride the train? Why was it so dangerous in so many different ways?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
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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