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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the newborn baby not considered a citizen of the United States?
(a) The staff at the hospital refused to grant the baby citizenship.
(b) The baby's parents are both American.
(c) There is no birth certificate.
(d) The baby was born just across the border in Mexico.

2. Why does Jack want Delaney and Kyra to get in his car?
(a) To drive them to Candidó's house.
(b) To drive them to the restaurant where his wife is waiting.
(c) To show them his new car.
(d) To show them the graffiti on the front gate.

3. What is Kit's relationship to Kyra?
(a) Kit is Kyra's cousin.
(b) Kit is Kyra's sister.
(c) Kit is Kyra's daughter.
(d) Kit is Kyra's mother.

4. What has happened to Candidó to delay his arrival at Canoga Park?
(a) He has become very ill.
(b) He has been beaten and robbed.
(c) He got drunk.
(d) He had to go to the hospital.

5. What does Delaney overhear Jack, Jr., saying about Mexican girls?
(a) They gain ten pounds a year after age sixteen.
(b) Most of them are really smart.
(c) They can cook very well.
(d) They are generally conservative.

6. What does Kyra discover in Agoura?
(a) A commune of Mexican immigrants.
(b) A three-story mansion.
(c) Her long lost mother.
(d) A litter of coyote pups.

7. Whose face appears on the camera film set up near the gate?
(a) América's.
(b) Jack, Jr.'s.
(c) Kyra's.
(d) Candidó's.

8. For one of his columns, Delaney decides to write about _______________ and turkey vultures.
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Crows.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Cats.

9. What does Jordan search for in his home?
(a) His stuffed animals.
(b) His favorite book.
(c) His favorite shoes.
(d) His cat.

10. What holiday do Kyra, Delaney, Jordan, and other residents of Arroyo Blanco Estates celebrate together?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Independence Day.

11. Who extends his hand to lift Delaney to safety from the flood?
(a) Jack Jardine.
(b) Candidó.
(c) The light-skinned Mexican.
(d) Jordan.

12. What sort of weather does fall bring in Los Angeles, according to the narrator?
(a) Rainy and cool.
(b) Hot and dry.
(c) Humid and sticky.
(d) Cool and pleasant.

13. Which of the following characters says the fence surrounding Arroyo Blanco Estates makes her feel safer?
(a) América.
(b) Kit.
(c) Erna Jardine.
(d) Delaney.

14. Who does Jordan stay with during the party?
(a) Orbalina.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) No one.
(d) His mom and dad.

15. Why does Delaney attack the man in the baseball cap?
(a) The man tries to steal Delaney's wallet.
(b) The man tried to assault Delaney's wife.
(c) The man spit on Delaney.
(d) The man intentionally built the wall in Delaney's backyard poorly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delaney retrieve from his home before searching for Candidó?

2. Who does Kyra complain to about the squatters?

3. Why do Delaney and Kyra go out walking together?

4. Who does Delaney decide to follow into the woods?

5. What starts the fire?

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