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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 Los Yunaites mean?

2. Where does the bus brake down in Chapter Nine?

3. What movie inspires Nayeli's plan?

4. Who do the soldiers remove from the bus in Chapter Eight?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Nayeli watches The Magnificent Seven?

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

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

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

5. What does Irma remind Nayeli of when she takes her to the bus terminal?

6. What is historic about Irma's election?

7. What is Veronica like?

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

9. What were the surfos unprepared for?

10. What are the bandidos's jobs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to Tacho at the station outside of San Luis in Chapter Nine? What forms of humiliation and intimidation do the Fedarales use? Why is this scene included?

Essay Topic 2

Tacho goes from one extreme situation to another, from being detained to being doted upon. Why does the author choose to provide some relief for Tacho's character?

Essay Topic 3

What does it mean that people in Tres Camarones do not say hello, they say goodbye? Is there a literal as well as a metaphorical meaning to this saying? Explain.

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