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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 45, how does Rafaela find her way to Bobby?
(a) She calls him first.
(b) She follows an invisible line.
(c) She uses a dog.
(d) She consults a map he left her.

2. In Chapter 34, why is Bobby confident he can get Xiayue across the United States border?
(a) He has money to pay them off.
(b) He isn't confident he can cross the border.
(c) He knows the customs officials.
(d) He thinks she will pass as his daughter.

3. While on the bus, what does Rafaela ask Arcangel about his job?
(a) If he is a poet.
(b) If he has ever worked before.
(c) If he is a businessman.
(d) If he is a wrestler.

4. Why does Buzzworm end up throwing the cooler?
(a) He doesn't throw the cooler.
(b) Because he doesn't know what to do with it.
(c) Because it is what Manzanar suggests.
(d) Because people try to take it from him.

5. What does Rodriguez remind Arcangel of?
(a) A child.
(b) A circus clown.
(c) A gravedigger.
(d) A politician.

6. In Chapter 23, how long does Arcangel agree to work for Rodriguez?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One day.
(d) He won't say how long.

7. What does Rafaela do with the box she takes from Gabriel's in Chapter 24?
(a) She burns it.
(b) She mails it.
(c) She puts her belongings in it.
(d) She gives it to a homeless man.

8. In Chapter 25, who keeps Gabriel informed about the developments among the homeless population on the freeway?
(a) Emi.
(b) Buzzworm.
(c) Rafaela.
(d) He watches them himself.

9. In Chapter 24, what does Rafaela say made her start acting weird?
(a) Sol's energy.
(b) Bobby's letter.
(c) The missing orange.
(d) Dona Maria's cooler.

10. How does Manzanar feel about his first interview with Gabriel?
(a) He approves of it.
(b) He is ashamed by it.
(c) He disapproves of it.
(d) He thinks it is a joke.

11. How does Bobby pay the Mexican traffickers?
(a) With cash.
(b) With a credit card.
(c) With a check.
(d) With counterfeit money.

12. Who is the first person Emi tells about Manzanar being her grandfather?
(a) Her cameraman.
(b) Buzzworm.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Rafaela.

13. Why does Bobby leave for the wrestling match in Chapter 40?
(a) He wants to show Xiayue the match.
(b) He hopes to find Rafaela.
(c) He has to work there.
(d) He believes Sol will be there.

14. Why does Arcangel end up moving the bus he was riding on in Chapter 33?
(a) Because the bus breaks down.
(b) Because the bus is going in the wrong direction.
(c) Because someone dares him to.
(d) Because the bus has a flat tire.

15. Why does Buzzworm want Gabriel to visit Mexico in Chapter 25?
(a) To check on Rafaela.
(b) To take a vacation.
(c) To follow up on a story.
(d) To smuggle oranges.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 32, how does Gabriel receive a list of all the people in Mazatlan who have gone missing?

2. Who does Gabriel call to learn Corazon Juarez's first name?

3. When Gabriel is in Mexico in Chapter 32, how does he know where to go?

4. How does the man in the black Jaguar end up being able to capture Rafaela?

5. Where does Emi sunbathe in Chapter 41?

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