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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 39, how does Gabriel get home from the airport?
(a) He rents a car.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He hitches a ride.
(d) He walks.

2. What does Arcangel give Rafaela when she asks him to take care of Sol if something should happen to her?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A poster.
(c) A book.
(d) A knife.

3. What does Rafaela do when she first sees Bobby in Chapter 45?
(a) She tries to hide.
(b) She falls.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She hugs him.

4. In Chapter 23, how long does Arcangel tell Rodriguez he has been traveling?
(a) One thousand years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five hundred years.

5. Who does Gabriel contact when he realizes he can't track the smuggled oranges?
(a) His editor.
(b) Bobby.
(c) No one.
(d) Buzzworm.

6. In Chapter 25, how does Gabriel describe Emi's opinion of the recent events in Los Angeles?
(a) Emi thinks it is a shame.
(b) Emi thinks it is over dramatized.
(c) Emi thinks it is entertainment.
(d) Emi thinks it is a crime.

7. What happens after Emi learns she must film her news in order to accommodate returning commercial breaks?
(a) She questions her boss' judement on air.
(b) She sees a third fire break out.
(c) Buzzworm takes her microphone.
(d) Buzzworm yells at her boss.

8. When Gabriel is in Mexico in Chapter 32, how does he know where to go?
(a) Rafaela left him detailed directions.
(b) Emi sends him updates with new directions.
(c) He doesn't know where to go; he just wanders.
(d) He receives directions from a stranger.

9. In Chapter 41, what does Buzzworm do when he hears gunfire?
(a) Finds someone to interview.
(b) Looks for his own gun.
(c) Hides inside the news van.
(d) Tries to protect Emi.

10. Where do Bobby and Rafaela stand when they reunite in Chapter 45?
(a) Next to the ocean.
(b) In Gabriel's house.
(c) Near the United States border.
(d) Under Gabriel's orange tree.

11. What does Rafaela do when the man in the black Jaguar attacks her?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She calls for help.
(c) She fights back.
(d) She plays dead.

12. In Chapter 40, how long does Bobby think it will take him to get to the wrestling match?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Half a day.
(c) One day.
(d) One hour.

13. How old does Arcangel say he is to the United States Customs officials?
(a) Five-hundred years old.
(b) Fifty years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) He refuses to say.

14. In Chapter 40, how does Bobby answer Xiayue's questions about America?
(a) He says they are silly questions.
(b) He says she will love America.
(c) He says he doesn't really know anything about America.
(d) He says they are all exaggerations.

15. What box does Rafaela empty at Gabriel's house in Chapter 24?
(a) A box of photographs.
(b) A box of books.
(c) A box of dried goods.
(d) A box of facuet fixtures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gabriel call Emi from Mexico in Chapter 29?

2. In Chapter 23, why does Rodriguez hire Arcangel?

3. What do the homeless people form after moving in to the cars on the freeway?

4. When Manzanar hears the gun shots in Chapter 42, who does he assume fired a gun?

5. What does Emi do when she realizes she is dying?

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