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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. How long does Mr. Cruz want to leave to find his wife?

2. How many visitors can prisoners at the jail have at one time?

3. What type of van is Mari to look for when the coyotes bring her mother to the bus station in Durham?

4. When will Felipe's hearing be?

5. What grade were Mari's parents in when they had to drop out of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tyler get a job?

2. What is happening to Gramps' Christmas tree farm?

3. After Mari talks to the ICE officials, what happens to her mother?

4. Why did Grandma and some of her church friends almost not get to sell baked goods for the youth group trip?

5. What happens the night that Tyler shows Mari her star?

6. Where does Tyler find money, and what does he do about it?

7. When is the girl the Cruzes are calling Felipe's girlfriend going to Mexico, and what will she take with her?

8. Why does Tyler believe this Christmas will be the worst ever?

9. How were the first two weeks in Mexico especially difficult for Ofie and Luby?

10. When the coyotes agree to half the money to ransom Mrs. Cruz, how do the Cruzes plan to get the money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mari writes letters to her mother even though she cannot send them. Why does Mari begin writing letters to her mother even when they do not know where she is? How and why are the letters therapy for Mari?

Essay Topic 2

Tyler's family has been on the farm for generations. Why is Tyler upset when his parents consider selling the farm? Why is it important to him to save it?

Essay Topic 3

"La Golondrina" is a song Tyler hears Felipe playing on the Day of the Dead. What does the song symbolize?

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