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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. Who does Luca recognize on the train in Chapter 17?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, who does Lydia see while the others sleep?

3. From Hermosillo, how far is it to Nogales?

4. In Chapter 28, what is in the refrigerator of the apartment?

5. In Chapter 21, how many trucks speed up to the tracks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 24, how do Lydia and the others know what train to take?

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

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

6. What happens at the end of Chapter 20?

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

8. How did Javier's daughter die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Migrants left their homes to find better work or to avoid violence. How many characters in the novel became migrants because of violence? How does violence often influence characters to make the decision to leave home?

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

Although there is great cruelty on the journey, there are acts of kindness as well. What acts of kindness do Lydia and the others experience? How do these kindnesses contrast with the cruelty they endure?

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