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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 17, how does a man fall off the train?

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

3. What is the name of Rebeca and Soledad's father?

4. How much money is in Lydia's wallet in Chapter 22?

5. What does Beto tell Lydia that he returned and was given money as a reward?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a little girl try to entrap Soledad in Chapter 23?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 20?

3. How did Javier's daughter die?

4. In Chapter 18, who helps the migrants through the city and why?

5. In Chapter 17, what does the padre tell the migrants before they leave?

6. What do Rebeca and Soledad learn when they try to call their father?

7. What conversation does Lydia have with Lorenzo?

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

9. Why did Rebeca and Soledad have to leave their village in the mountains?

10. What show did Luca and his father watch together when Lydia was not home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Javier met Lydia at her bookstore. How would you describe the relationship between Lydia and Javier when he started going to her bookstore? How did their relationship change when Lydia learned who he was? Why did Javier hurt Lydia so badly through the massacre?

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