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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 a hawker do?

2. What does Rigo do for a living?

3. What happens when Nayeli calls Irma in Chapter 14?

4. What is Atomiko contemplating when he meets Nayeli?

5. In Chapter 12, where do the friends walk to and collapse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Atomiko use his prized staff for?

3. In Chapter Ten, what happens when the new bus arrives in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 23, who volunteers Chava to be part of the mission?

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

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

10. What does Nayeli do to the man who tries to break into their hotel room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the name of Tacho's Taqueria e Internet “La Mano Caída,” meaning The Fallen Hand Taco Shop and Internet Café, signify about his sexual identity? How does Tacho transform a derogatory idea into a gay pride stance?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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?

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