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Multiple Choice
"Borders"
Why does Laetitia move away from home?
(1 point)
She wants to live with her boyfriend.
She and her mother have a huge argument.
She is pregnant.
She is bored
The answer is: She is bored.
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"Delfino II: Diez in the Desert"
The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S.
border.
(1 point)
coyote
border patrolista
ranchera
cougar
The correct answer is: coyote.
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The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that _____.
(1 point)
a woman became delirious and died
a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles
Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee
the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter
The correct answer is: a woman became delirious and died.
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"Mexicans Begin Jogging"
In the poem “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” why does the speaker run when the immigration
officers raid the factory where he works?
(1 point)
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not.
He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them.
His boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss’s time.
The correct answer is: He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
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Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 5–6.
[H]e had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique…
(1 point)
hurt
rubbed
caved in
stuck out