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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. When was Javier's last day of school in El Salvador?

2. What color jacket did Patricia try to put around herself, Carla, and Javier in Chapter 3?

3. On April 12, what time did Grandpa wake?

4. What was Javier's team in Chapter 4?

5. How long ago in Chapter 1, did Don Dago take Javier's mother to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Javier begin calling his group in secret in Chapter 3?

2. As Javier prepared to leave Grandpa, what did he remember learning from him?

3. What did Javier love about his Abuelita?

4. How did Javier used to help his grandfather when his grandfather drank at home?

5. What did Javier and the others get for breakfast when they left the one-story building in Chapter 4, and what did it remind Javier of?

6. In Chapter 4, who gave The Six and the coyote a ride?

7. In Chapter 4, what smell was growing on Javier as he went to the bus holding Patricia's hand?

8. Why did someone start screaming on the boat in Chapter 3, and what happened then?

9. How did Javier and Grandpa get from the bus station to Don Dago's shop?

10. When the group gathered in Don Dago's shop in Chapter 2, what did Don Dago tell them about their schedule?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What are the settings in Solito? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book is Solito, which means alone. How does the title of the book introduce and expand on the theme of being alone?

Essay Topic 3

For the first crossing, the migrants were told they would be walking for hours and many kilometers. Why did Patricia get angry when she learned they would be walking? Was she justified in getting angry?

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