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1. In Chapter 1, why did Francisco live in constant fear from the time he was four until he was 14?

Francisco lived in constant fear from the time that he was four until he was 14. In the late 1940s, he and his family left their home in Mexico. They crossed the barbed-wire fence between Mexico and the United States by digging a hole under the barbed wire. He was always afraid that they would be discovered and sent back to Mexico.

2. What happened when Francisco was in eighth grade?

When Francisco was in eighth grade, someone turned his family in. A border patrol officer came and got Francisco from school. Then they got his brother and the rest of their family. They were sent back to Mexico.

3. In Chapter 1, why did Roberto and Francisco go back to the United States alone?

Roberto and Francisco went back to the United States by themselves, and the rest of the family stayed in Mexico. It was too rainy for the family to work in the fields, so their father decided the boys would return and the rest of the family would stay in Mexico. That way he could see a curandera about his back.

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