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

2. How do Vampi's parents die?

3. What did Nayeli's father stop doing?

4. Where did the village men begin to travel to find work?

5. Who has to be convinced to vote for Irma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the peso dropped in value?

2. What do Nayeli and her friends do at the cove?

3. Where are the men in Yolo's family?

4. What is crabbing?

5. How does Nayeli's mother make her living in Chapter Three?

6. What happens after Nayeli watches The Magnificent Seven?

7. What do the two bandidos argue about?

8. What is the story of The Seven Samurai?

9. What are the bandidos's jobs?

10. In Chapter Six, what threat does Irma make toward Garcia-Garcia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of Nayeli leaving the postcard for her father? What does it say about Nayeli that she has come this far and does not speak to him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At the border, what do Rigo's instructions to Tacho say about people's preconceived ideas of wealth and status? How do they use their relationship?

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