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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much does Bobby pay the traffickers after negotiating with them?
(a) More than the original fee.
(b) A quarter of the original fee.
(c) The original fee.
(d) Half the original fee.

3. What happens when news breaks about cocaine in oranges in Chapter 22?
(a) People begin to buy more oranges.
(b) People stop buying oranges.
(c) Gabriel asks to interview Buzzworm.
(d) Orange farmers try to prove their innocence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arcangel give Rafaela when she asks him to take care of Sol if something should happen to her?

2. What does Manzanar say is in the cooler Buzzworm hands him?

3. How does Manzanar feel about his first interview with Gabriel?

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

5. What names does Arcangel give the United States Customs officials?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rafaela calls Gabriel after mailing him the cooler from Dona Maria's?

2. What prediction does Manzanar make in Chapter 35 about the Los Angeles sporting events?

3. How does Arcangel bond with Rodriguez in Chapter 23?

4. What happens after the gun is fired in Chapter 42?

5. What does Bobby think is strange as he drives north with Xiayue into Los Angeles?

6. What does Emi confess to Buzzworm when she is on top of the news van?

7. In Chapter 39, how does Rafaela help Gabriel try to find Sol?

8. What happens when Gabriel faxes Bobby the wrestler poster in Chapter 40?

9. What happens when Arcangel tries to cross the United States border in Chapter 33?

10. In Chapter 27, what does Gabriel ask of Emi while he is away in Mexico?

(see the answer keys)

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