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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. What is Irma's nickname?

2. What occasionally wiped out forests, jungles, and beaches?

3. Which job does Nayeli perform for her Irma?

4. What does Irma forbid Vampi from wearing?

5. Who took over Garcia-Garcia's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of The Seven Samurai?

2. What does Irma do at the market that embarrasses the girls?

3. Where are the men in Yolo's family?

4. What is Veronica like?

5. In Chapter Five, what shocks Irma about pinto beans?

6. Who drives by the bus shooting guns?

7. How does the group of four friends fund their trip?

8. What were the surfos unprepared for?

9. What is crabbing?

10. How does Nayeli's mother make her living in Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nayeli and Tacho are surprised to be welcomed in Kankakee. What is the communities opinion of Mexicans? How is their experience unique there?

Essay Topic 2

At the border, what do Rigo's instructions to Tacho say about people's preconceived ideas of wealth and status? How do they use their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

On their road trip, Nayeli and Tacho are disappointed by many quintessentially American things. What impresses them? How does nature affect them and their experiences?

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