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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. How much does Irma win the election by?

2. What is the title of Part One?

3. What does Nayeli want a suitor to do?

4. What does Los Yunaites mean?

5. Who is Irma's favorite film star?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Veronica like?

3. What is the story of The Seven Samurai?

4. What is historic about Irma's election?

5. Who drives by the bus shooting guns?

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

7. How do the bandidos treat Nayeli?

8. How does the group of four friends fund their trip?

9. Why do the older women in the village doubt Irma for office?

10. What happens after Nayeli watches The Magnificent Seven?

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 fears do the mothers and grandmothers in the village have about the girls going on their journey? What does it say about Irma that she uses herself as an example?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the four friends keep walking along the border fence when they know there is no magic pathway through? How does the author show the state of mind that they are in?

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