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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. In Chapter 6, how far will everyone have to walk in the desert?
2. On June 4, what was the name of the officer who arrested Chino, Patricia, Carla, and Javier?
3. What explorer did Javier pretend to be on June 3 after the migrants crossed the road?
4. When Javier, Chino, Patricia and Carla were taken into the border patrol building on May 30, what did an officer bring Carla and Javier?
5. How many years in jail were Patricia and Chino told they would get if they were caught again?
Short Essay Questions
1. At 2:30 a.m. on May 30, how was Javier feeling?
2. What happened when Coco Liso could not walk any further?
3. Where did Javier and the others stay in Guadalajara and who looked after them?
4. What instructions did Mero Mero give as the group prepared to walk across the border?
5. In Chapter 6, how did Javier describe the jamaica he got to drink?
6. When the migrants were walking on June 3 and the heat got unbearable, how did Chino try to help?
7. On June 2, where did Coco Liso say they would be going for Javier and his group's second attempt to cross the border?
8. What were The Six given before their walk in the desert?
9. What did the Six eat everyday in Chapter 5 at the apartment?
10. How long did Javier's parents not know where he was when he was attempting border crossings?
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
Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Solito? Why is it not a biography?
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