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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 type of cookies does Mari say that the deputies allowed Mrs. Paquette to bring to Felipe?

2. After school on the day Mari and her sisters are absent, who is at Mr. Rossetti's when Tyler shows up to work?

3. What does the girl the Cruzes call Felipe's girlfriend offer to take to him on her spring break?

4. When can prisoners at the county jail, like Felipe, receive visitors?

5. When did Mari write an assignment for Mr. Bicknell's class that caused an argument between her and Tyler?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mari want to speak to ICE officials, and who goes with her?

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

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

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

5. Who is Felipe's lawyer, and what is he like?

6. What happens at the town meeting when a motion is made to round up anyone in the area who is there illegally?

7. How does Tyler get a letter from Mari to Felipe?

8. What does Grandma tell Tyler when he asks why Mr. Cruz wants to go to Texas?

9. What is the only things Tyler wants for his birthday?

10. Why is Mrs. Cruz treated like a criminal when she is rounded up by ICE?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The town meeting is shown through Tyler and Mari's perspectives. How does showing the meeting through both of their perspectives reveal how they view the world differently?

Essay Topic 2

Tyler struggles with how to determine what is right and wrong. Why does Tyler struggle to determine what is right and wrong?

Essay Topic 3

The Day of the Dead is a holiday in Mexico that takes place over three days starting with Halloween. Why is the Day of the Dead important to Mexicans like Mari and her family?

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