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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chava work as a janitor?
(a) Capitol building.
(b) Fish market.
(c) Nursing home.
(d) Bowling alley.

2. Who runs the hole?
(a) Drug dealers.
(b) University students.
(c) Sympathizers.
(d) Single moms.

3. Who attacks Nayeli at the dump?
(a) Mean girls.
(b) Tweakers.
(c) Wind.
(d) Birds.

4. Where do the migra agents take the friends?
(a) Courthouse.
(b) Country jailhouse.
(c) Prison.
(d) Holding facility.

5. What is Matt into before he finds religion?
(a) Skydiving.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Science.
(d) Surfing.

6. What is on the other side of the border fence?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Canons.
(c) Canyons.
(d) Catfish.

7. How long is the hole's tunnel?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 10 miles.

8. Whose passport does Tacho use to cross the border?
(a) Wili's.
(b) Alejandro's.
(c) Donna's
(d) Marco's.

9. Where does the group of friends get a hotel room?
(a) In the rich part of town.
(b) Above a church.
(c) Below a bakery.
(d) Red-light district.

10. What city are the girls and Atomiko in when they get to the United States?
(a) San Sylvan.
(b) Santa Clara.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Diego.

11. Who catches and detains the friends?
(a) A rancher.
(b) Scuba divers.
(c) Mexican Customs.
(d) U.S. Border Patrol.

12. In Chapter 18, what is Nayeli's plan for the border?
(a) Cross it again.
(b) Stay far away from it.
(c) Tear it down.
(d) Never speak of it.

13. What does Atomiko say the friends need on their journey?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Karma.
(c) Him.
(d) Faith.

14. What is faulty on the room door at the hotel the group of friends is staying in?
(a) Number.
(b) Latch.
(c) Peep hole.
(d) Doorknob.

15. What does Atomiko promise to do if the friends get deported?
(a) Smuggle them into Cuba.
(b) Meet them in Tijuana.
(c) Pretend they do not exist.
(d) Burn their belongings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which building is near the cemetery?

2. What is missing when the four friends get off the bus in Chapter Ten?

3. What state is Candelaria in?

4. When does Tijuana seem peaceful?

5. What is Atomiko contemplating when he meets Nayeli?

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