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| How did Don Clemente die? |
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| How many hours did Miguel have to walk to the city? |
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| How many young men were on the bus? |
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| Name Elena's best friend? |
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| What color was lining of Elena's purse? |
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| What did Colmillo wear around his neck? |
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| What did Elena give Miguel to eat on the bus? |
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| what did Elena have to do before she got on the train? |
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| What did Javi hurt when he jumped off the train? |
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| What did Miguel major in at college? |
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| What did Senor Moreno smell like? |
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| What did the headlines talk about in the mercado? |
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| What gift did Chuy give Miguel? |
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| What is a chupacabra (translation)? |
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| What is coyote's real name? |
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| What is Miguel's whole name? |
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| Miguel Carlos Octavio Pable de Cervantes |
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| what is the coyote's code name? |
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| What is the name of the ghost in the desert? |
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| What kind of cactus attacked them in the desert? |
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| What kind of car did Don Clemente drive? |
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| What kind of gum did Papa chew? |
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| what stall was the coyote in? |
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| What was the back of the truck filled with? |
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| What was the main course at the fiesta? |
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| What was Tip #7 from the desert survival guide? |
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| "Follow the power lines south" |
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| What were the names of Miguel's twin sisters? |
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| What were the two animals they had to be careful of the desert? |
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| Where did Elena get the money? |
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| Where did Elena like to sleep? |
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| Where did Miguel hide his supplies for the trip? |
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| Where on his body did Moises get shot? |
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| Where was the hotel Miguel's Tio worked? |
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| Who is Don Clemente's nephew? |
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| Who was on the medallion that Abduelita gave Miguel? |
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| What did Miguel's father buy with the pesos he saved from working when he was young? |
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| Who did Miguel's father tell him to go to see in a note on Miguel's birthday? |
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| What sport did Miguel dream about playing and becoming very, very rich? |
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| What sign did Miguel's Abueita make on his cheek? |
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| Where did Miguel, Chuy, and Lalo go every year on his birthday? |
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| Why did all the young men leave San Jacinto? |
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| What kind of car did Don Clemente have? |
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| Why did Jaunito get kicked off the soccer team? |
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| What happened to Don Clemente's wife and child? |
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| His wife and child were killed in a house fire |
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| Why did Don Clemente owe Miguel's father? |
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| His father saved Don Clemente from the fire |
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| What kept Miguel's papa from sending for him sooner? |
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| What was Don Clemente's specialty? |
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| How did Elena slaughter the goat for Miguel's party? |
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| Hit it in the head with a hammer |
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| What did Elena do with the organs from the goat? |
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| What was reported to suck goats' blood dry? |
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| What two going away gifts did Miguel's friends give him? |
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| An American soccer jersey and a carving knife |
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| What did Abuelita give Miguel before he left? |
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| A medallion, La Virgen de Guadalupe |
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| How did Miguel get to the city? |
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| How did Miguel and Elena get together? |
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| Elena was on the same bus with Miguel |
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| What did one of the passengers say that caused Capitan Morales to be angry? |
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| Toward what country to the south did Captian Morales send Miguel, Elena and the others? |
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| Who did Migual blame for being sent south? |
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| What did Javi do to trick the federales at the border with Guatemala? |
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| Who gave Elena money to travel? |
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| How did Miguel and Elena lose their bus tickets and money? |
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| How did Don Clemente get killed? |
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| What did the people in the town call the freight train that passed through town once a day? |
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| What did Javi say that the train gangs would do? |
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| Rob, beat and steal from people |
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| What did Javi tell Miguel to write across Elena's chest? |
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| 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 not to get off the train? |
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| People threw food to them. |
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| How did Javi hurt his ankle? |
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| What was in the burlap bags in the bed of the truck that Migule, Elana and Javi got a ride in. |
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| Who did El Plomero say was the only one he would ever work for? |
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| At the beninning of the desert crossing, what did El Plomero take out of Elena's pack and put in his own pack? |
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| How much money did they find in Moises pack? |
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| In the desert, what kind of creature climbed up on Miguel's shirt? |
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| What did Miguel decide to do if they ran out of water? |
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| After finding the body of a woman and child in the desert, what kind of storm did they have? |
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| What degree did Miguel get when he graduated from college? |
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| When did Elena return to Abuelita's rancho in San Jacinto? |
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| As soon as she finished high school |
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| What did Elena name her son? |
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| When does Miguel say that he will bring the medallion, La Virgen de Guadalupe,back to San Jacinto? |
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| When he can cross la linea and freely return again |
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| On what special day does the book open? |
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| In what town does Miguel live? |
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| At whose house does Miguel live? |
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| Instead of a present or card, what does Miguel awake to find on his birthday? |
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| Who does Miguel's father tell him to see to help him cross la linea? |
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| Miguel dreams he is a rich sports star. What sport does he play? |
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| Where did Miguel and his friends go every year on his birthday? |
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| What is someone who gets people across the border known as? |
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| How did Miguel's father save Don Clemente's life. |
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| He pulled him from a fire |
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| What kind of animal did Elena kill for Miguel's going-away fiesta? |
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| What did Lalo and Chuy give Miguel as a going-away presents? |
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| A soccer jersey and a knife |
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| When did Miguel, Lalo and Chuy agree to meet again? |
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| Where did Miguel meet Javier? |
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| Unknown to Miguel, who else was on the bus going north, dressed in indio clothing? |
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| After being called a coward, which direction did the federal, Capitan Morales, send the bus? |
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| Where did Elena get the money to follow Miguel on his trip north? |
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| From Don Clemente's son (Juanito) |
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| After escaping from the federales, Miguel and Elena slept in a portico in town. What happened to them there? |
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| What happened to the going-away presents Lalo and Chuy gave Miguel? |
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| Where did Elena hide half of the money she got from Juanito? |
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| In the lining of her purse |
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| According to Juanito, how did Don Clemente die? |
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| What did they call the train people hopped to go north? |
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| What does mata jente mean? |
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| Why did Elena cut off her hair before hopping the mata jente? |
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| To disguise herself as a boy |
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| What did people on the ground throw to people riding the mata jente? |
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| What happened to Javi when he jumped from the mata jente to escape soldiers? |
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| After getting off the mata jente, how did Miguel, Elena and Javi get to la linea? |
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| When Miguel, Elena and Javi got to the border town, what did they read had happened to the mata jente? |
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| Which stall in the border town's mercado did Don Clemente tell Miguel to find? |
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| Who did Don Clemente tell Miguel to look for at the mercado in the border town? |
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| What did El Plomero's desert survival kit have in it more than anything else? |
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| What was El Plomero's real name? |
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| In the desert, what did Moises check for before spreading the tarps out to rest? |
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| What did the militia do to Moises in the desert? |
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| In the desert, what did Javi use to remove cholla (cactus) needles? |
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| What covered Miguel and Elena while they slept in the desert? |
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| What was in the backpack Javi left behind when he disappeared after the sandstorm? |
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| After finishing high school, where did Elena go? |
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| Who is Miguel Javier Moises? |
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| Elena's son (Miguel's nephew) |
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| What does Miguel tell Elena he will do with Abuelita's medallion when he can freely cross la linea? |
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