View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who catches and detains the friends?

2. What city are the girls and Atomiko in when they get to the United States?

3. In Chapter 11, where do Yolo and Vampi want to return to?

4. Where does Chava work as a janitor?

5. What does Atomiko promise to do if the friends get deported?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the friends shocked by on the way to Porfirio and Araceli's house?

2. What is the mood when the four friends arrive in Tijuana?

3. What is in view when the four friends climb the steep bank by the wall?

4. Why do the agents violently drag Tacho away?

5. What does the waitress in Tijuana assume about the four friends?

6. In Chapter 15, where does Wino go before meeting the coyote?

7. In Chapter 16, what does Nayeli tell the agents about Atomiko?

8. How is the journey with the coyote?

9. Why does Nayeli initially dismiss Atomiko as a soldier?

10. What does Atomiko use his prized staff for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is it about the clothing Nayeli sees in the muck by the border that fills her with dread? What do you think she imagines happened? Does she realize how serious her situation is?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 25, Matt makes disparaging comments about his old and new Mexican friends. Is it surprising to the reader that Matt feels this way? Does this information change Matt's character?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 547 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample