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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 finds Ma's body?

2. Where does the group of friends get a hotel room?

3. When is the last time there was a phone number like Chava's?

4. Why is Tacho unable to swim around the fence?

5. What happens to the coyote when the friends get through the fence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has Chava stayed away from Tres Camarones since the 60s?

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

4. What does it mean that Matt went through a Bible-thumping phase?

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

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

7. In Chapter 17, what does Tacho yell to the girls?

8. In Chapter 21, why do the migra agents release Tacho?

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

10. What happens when Nayeli tries to contact Chava?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On their road trip, Nayeli and Tacho are disappointed by many quintessentially American things. What impresses them? How does nature affect them and their experiences?

Essay Topic 2

When Irma is elected, she declares that a new age is dawning. What does Irma believe she can accomplish for her community? Is the reader inclined to support her?

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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