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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 23, what is the name of the town that the doctor is from?

2. In Chapter 19, what color hat is a man wearing who is riding an old pony and talking on his cell phone?

3. How many people does a priest say in Chapter 17 will arrive in the United States alive?

4. How much does Lydia pay for the girls in Chapter 22?

5. In Chapter 18, how many times has a man been deported from San Diego?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Lydia remember as she and the others are prepared to board unmarked cargo vans?

2. Who is Beto in Chapter 25?

3. In Chapter 23, who helps Lydia and the others?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Lydia have to pay for Soledad and Rebeca, and why does she pay?

5. In Chapter 15, why did Lydia think that Javier would not be angry about Sebastian's article?

6. In Chapter 26 what does Beto tell Lydia about asylum?

7. How does Lydia get the money from her mother's bank account?

8. Where do Lydia and the others hide when la migra appears in Chapter 24?

9. In Chapter 28, how much money is Lydia short to El Chacal and how does she get the money?

10. How did Javier's daughter die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Javier seems to be a very nice person from his discussions with Lydia in the bookstore. What does Lydia think of Javier before she learns who he is? How does her opinion of him change? What does the commander do that seems in contrast to the violence he and his men perpetrate? What is revealed about duality from the behavior of these men?

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