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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. Where have Rebeca and Soledad traveled from?

2. How old was Luca when he first started talking as a toddler?

3. What food does Lydia grab as she and Luca walk through a hotel in Chapter 6?

4. How many books a day does Luca read in Chapter 9?

5. In Mexico City, where do migrants gather for the freight trains?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why does Lydia remember running when she learned that a reporter had been killed?

2. How do the vans carrying the missionaries and Lydia and Luca make it past a roadblock?

3. Why does the detective at Lydia's house not contradict her when she says that the cartel will kill her too?

4. What was unusual about Lydia's mother?

5. What type of safety harness system did Luca used to have in his family's car?

6. What do Soledad and Rebeca look like when Lydia and Luca meet them?

7. What does The Casa del Migrante look like?

8. How do Soledad and Rebeca help Luca and Lydia board a moving train?

9. Why might it have been a good idea for Luca to see the violence in the backyard?

10. Why do Lydia and Luca get off the bus in Chilpancingo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lydia and Luca do not have time to grieve as they flee Lydia’s mother’s home. Why are Lydia and Luca not able to stay and grieve after the murders? How does their grief assert itself as they run for their lives? When and how are they finally able to deal with their grief?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Javier seems to be a very nice person from his discussions with Lydia in the bookstore. What does Lydia think of Javier before she learns who he is? How does her opinion of him change? What does the commander do that seems in contrast to the violence he and his men perpetrate? What is revealed about duality from the behavior of these men?

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