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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 is quoted in the Epigraph?

2. What does Tacho give to people who voted?

3. Who does Irma say will help the friends in Tijuana?

4. What does Irma say would have made Maria's husband stay?

5. In Chapter Four, what activity does the group partake in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is crabbing?

2. What is historic about Irma's election?

3. How do the bandidos treat Nayeli?

4. Why is corn so expensive in Chapter Two?

5. Who does Nayeli finally admit she wants to bring home with her?

6. Who drives by the bus shooting guns?

7. In Chapter Five, what shocks Irma about pinto beans?

8. What is the story of The Seven Samurai?

9. What were the surfos unprepared for?

10. Which groups have tried to convert the villagers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The girls are disgusted by the filth of the area Porfirio and Araceli live in. What makes them calm down and feel happier? Why is the couple generous when they have so little?

Essay Topic 2

What does the name of Tacho's Taqueria e Internet “La Mano Caída,” meaning The Fallen Hand Taco Shop and Internet Café, signify about his sexual identity? How does Tacho transform a derogatory idea into a gay pride stance?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Irma believe life and love are war? How does she try to prepare Nayeli, both physically and emotionally, to be a winner at life?

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