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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Don Clemente die? | in a car accident |
| How many hours did Miguel have to walk to the city? | 3 hours |
| How many young men were on the bus? | 15 |
| Name Elena's best friend? | Fátima |
| What color was lining of Elena's purse? | purple |
| What did Colmillo wear around his neck? | A gold canine tooth |
| What did Elena give Miguel to eat on the bus? | end piece of a banana |
| What did Elena have to do before she got on the train? | cut her hair |
| What did Javi hurt when he jumped off the train? | his ankle |
| What did Miguel major in at college? | in English |
| What did Señor Moreno smell like? | Onions |
| What did the headlines talk about in the mercado? | the mata gente derailing killing many |
| What does Elena grow? | Tomatoes |
| What gift did Chuy give Miguel? | A craving knife |
| What is a chupacabra (translation)? | "goat sucker" |
| What is El Plomero's real name? | Moisés |
| What is Miguel's full name? | Miguel Carlos Octavio Pablo de Cervantes |
| What was the coyote's code name? | El Plomero (the plumber) |
| What is the name of the ghost in the desert? | La Llorona |
| What kind of cactus attacked them in the desert? | cholla |
| What kind of car did Don Clemente drive? | s black Mercedes |
| What kind of gum did Papá chew? | Clove gum |
| what stall was the coyote in? | the boot stall |
| What was the back of the truck filled with? | sacks of coffee beans |
| What was the main course at the fiesta? | Goat |
| What was Tip #7 from the desert survival guide? | "Follow the power lines south" |
| What were the names of Miguel's twin sisters? | Maria and Liliana |
| What were the two animals they had to be careful of the desert? | scorpions and snakes |
| Where did Elena get the money to go north? | Juanito |
| Where did Elena like to sleep? | in the barn |
| Where did Miguel hide his supplies for the trip? | behind the wall |
| Where on his body did Moises get shot? | in the right shoulder |
| Where was the hotel Miguel's Tio worked? | Acapulco |
| Who is Don Clemente's nephew? | Juanito |
| Who was on the medallion that Abuelita gave Miguel? | La Virgen de Guadalupe |
| What did Miguel's father buy with the pesos he saved from working when he was young? | books |
| Who did Miguel's father tell him to go to see in a note on Miguel's birthday? | Don Clemente |
| What sport did Miguel dream of playing and becoming very, very rich? | Soccer |
| What sign did Miguel's Abueita make on his forehead? | The sign of the cross |
| Where did Miguel, Chuy, and Lalo go every year on his birthday? | To the waterfall |
| Why did all the young men leave San Jacinto? | There was no work |
| What were Elena's most precious possessions? | her mother's letters |
| Who was Juanito? | Don Clemente's nephew |
| Why did Jaunito get kicked off the soccer team? | for drinking and partying |
| What happened to Don Clemente's wife and child? | His wife and child were killed in a house fire |
| Why did Don Clemente owe Miguel's father? | His father saved Don Clemente from the fire |
| What did Don Clemente say kept Miguel's Papá from sending for him sooner? | Pride |
| What was Don Clemente's specialty? | Safe passage north |
| How did Elena slaughter the goat for Miguel's party? | Hit it in the head with a hammer |
| What did Elena do with the organs from the goat? | Burned them |
| Who is La Llorona? | The ghost of a crying woman searching for her children. |
| What was reported to suck goats' blood dry? | Chupacabra |
| What two going away gifts did Miguel's friends give him? | An American soccer jersey and a carving knife |
| What did Abuelita give Miguel before he left to protect him along the way? | The medallion of La Virgen de Guadalupe she had never taken off. |
| How did Miguel get to the city? | He walked. |
| What surprise awaited Miguel on the bus? | Elena was traveling incognito on the same bus as Miguel. |
| What did one of the passengers say that caused Capitan Morales to be angry? | He called him a coward. |
| Toward what country to the south did Captian Morales send Miguel, Elena and the others? | Guatemala |
| Who did Migual blame for being sent south? | Elena |
| What did Javi do to trick the federales at the border with Guatemala? | pretended to have a seizure |
| Who were Lalo and Chuy? | Miguel's best friends |
| How did Miguel and Elena lose their bus tickets and money? | They were robbed by Colmillo. |
| Who did Elena marry? | Chuy |
| What did they call the freight train that passed through town once a day? | The People Killer |
| What did Javi say that the train gangs would do? | Rob, beat and steal from people |
| What did Javi tell Miguel to write across Elena's chest? | Has AIDS |
| When Elena was so hungry and tired that she wanted to get off the train and never get back on again, what happened to cause Elena to change her mind? | People threw food to them. |
| How did Javi hurt his ankle? | jumping off the train |
| What was in the burlap bags in the bed of the truck that Miguel, Elena and Javi got a ride in. | Coffee beans |
| Who did El Plomero say was the only one he would ever work for? | Don Clemente |
| At the beninning of the desert crossing, what did El Plomero take out of Elena's pack and put in his own pack? | Most of her water |
| Who shot Moises? | The militia, a group of American volunteers protecting the border. |
| How much money did they find in Moises pack? | Twenty dollars |
| In the desert, what kind of creature climbed up on Miguel's shirt? | a scorpion |
| What did Miguel decide to do if they ran out of water? | to give themselves up |
| After finding the body of a woman and child in the desert, what kind of storm did they have? | Sand |
| What degree did Miguel get when he graduated from college? | English |
| When did Elena return to Abuelita's rancho in San Jacinto? | As soon as she finished high school |
| What did Elena name her son? | Miguel Javier Moises |
| When does Miguel say that he will bring the medallion of La Virgen de Guadalupe back to San Jacinto? | When he can cross la linea and freely return again. |
| On what special day does the book open? | Miguel's birthday |
| In what town does Miguel live? | San Jacinto |
| At whose house does Miguel live? | Abuelita's |
| Instead of a present or card, what does Miguel awake to find on his birthday? | a note from his father calling him to America |
| Who does Miguel's father tell him to see to help him cross la linea? | Don Clemente |
| Miguel dreams he is a rich sports star. What sport does he play? | Soccer |
| Where did Miguel and his friends go every year on his birthday? | To a waterfall |
| What is someone who gets people across the border known as? | A coyote |
| How did Miguel's father save Don Clemente's life. | He pulled him from a fire |
| What kind of animal did Elena kill for Miguel's going-away fiesta? | A goat |
| What did Lalo and Chuy give Miguel as a going-away presents? | A soccer jersey and a knife |
| When did Miguel, Lalo and Chuy agree to meet again? | In ten years |
| Where did Miguel meet Javier? | On the bus |
| Unknown to Miguel, who else was on the bus going north, dressed in indian clothing? | His sister (Elena) |
| After being called a coward, which direction did the vindictive federal, Captain Morales, send the bus? | South to Guatemala |
| Where did Elena get the money to follow Miguel on his trip north? | From Don Clemente's nephew (Juanito) |
| After escaping from the federales, Miguel and Elena slept in a portico in town. What happened to them there? | They were mugged by Colmillo's gang. |
| What happened to the going-away presents Lalo and Chuy gave Miguel? | They were stolen by Colmillo's gang. |
| Where did Elena hide half of the money she got from Juanito? | In the lining of her purse |
| According to Juanito, how did Don Clemente die? | In a car accident. |
| What did they call the train people hopped to go north? | The mata gente |
| What does mata gente mean? | People killer |
| Why did Elena cut off her hair before hopping the mata jente? | To disguise herself as a boy so that she wouldn't be raped by gangs hopping the train. |
| What did people on the ground throw to people riding the mata jente? | Food and water, but sometimes rocks. |
| What happened to Javi when he jumped off the mata gente to escape soldiers? | He twisted his ankle. |
| After getting off the mata gente, how did Miguel, Elena and Javi get to la linea? | In the back of a truck |
| When Miguel, Elena and Javi got to the border town, what did they read had happened to the mata gente? | It had derailed, killing hundreds. |
| Which stall in the border town's mercado did Don Clemente tell Miguel to find? | The boot stall |
| Who did Don Clemente tell Miguel to look for at the mercado in the border town? | A coyote called El Plomero |
| What did El Plomero's desert survival kit have in it more than anything else? | Water |
| What was El Plomero's real name? | Moisés |
| In the desert, what did Moisés check for before spreading the tarps out to rest? | Snakes (or rattlers) |
| What did the militia do to Moises in the desert? | They shot him in the right shoulder and took him away. |
| In the desert, what did Javi use to remove cholla (cactus) needles? | His comb |
| What covered Miguel and Elena while they slept in the desert? | Sand |
| What was in the backpack Javi left behind when he disappeared after the sandstorm? | His water bottle |
| After finishing high school, where did Elena go? | Back to San Jacinto |
| Who is Miguel Javier Moises? | Elena's son (Miguel's nephew) |
| What does Miguel tell Elena he will do with Abuelita's medallion when he can freely cross la linea? | Return it to San Jacinto |
| How many stars does the Mexican flag have? | None |
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