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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. Where did Don Dago say they were skipping on their planned itinerary in Chapter 3?

2. Where are most of the nuns at Javier's school in Chapter 1 from?

3. Who told the soldiers that The Six were not Mexican on the bus in Chapter 4?

4. What did a person who fell into the water in Chapter 3 take off?

5. What song was playing on the radio in the microbus in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the bus like that Javier and the others took in Chapter 4?

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, how did Javier keep warm on the boat?

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

7. How did Javier try to take care of himself in Chapter 3?

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

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

10. What did Javier wear and take with him when he left El Salvador?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grandpa told Javier not to look back when they left. Why did Grandpa give that instruction to Javier? Why was it important for Javier to look ahead to the future and not back at the past and what he was leaving?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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