Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. What does Efrén do at home when he wants some privacy?

2. What meeting does Efrén attend with David?

3. Where was Amá when ICE arrested her?

Short-Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. When the novel first opens, how does Efrén show that he is both a “typical” seventh grade boy living in America and a seventh grader whose life is filled with atypical worries?

2. How is Jennifer Huerta a round (three-dimensional) character?

3. How does the breakfast scene at the end of the section both parallel and contrast the breakfast scene at the beginning of the section?

Paired Resource

“Immigration and Relocation in US History: Mexican”

• General introductory information on Mexican migration to the United States from the Library of Congress
• Connects to the novel’s theme of Personal Sacrifice for Family
• How do the Navas’ needs and motivations fit the description of families in the article?

Sopes recipe

• A description and recipe for making sopes, the fried rounds of corn dough with toppings Efrén enjoys
• What might sopes and other foods mentioned in the story symbolize?