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American Dirt chapters 1-14
American Dirt chapters 1-14
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Questions are based on the first fourteen chapters of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
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1
One person who hesitates to help Lydia and Luca travel is...
Meredith, Carlos's wife.
Nando, a man boarding La Bestia.
Sister Cecilia, a nun at a migrant shelter.
Sebastian's friend, Carlos.
2
Soledad and Rebeca discover a different way to...
get free food from La Migra (immigration police).
use their cell phones to control the trains.
make trains stop for them to easily climb aboard.
jump on La Bestia from the overpasses.
3
Chapter One of American Dirt opens with...
Luca showing off his map skills.
A mass shooting.
Lydia's first meeting with Javier.
Sebastian publishing an article.
4
One way to identify Javier's sicarios (gangsters) is by...
T-shirts with Los Jardineros on the back.
a special handshake.
a machete or sickle tattoo.
a red bandana.
5
The name of the migrant shelter where Lydia and Luca stay is...
Casa del Migrante
Hermana Cecilia
La Bestia
ATM Machine
6
Lydia and Luca are unable to buy a flight because they don't have...
an airport nearby.
enough money.
Luca's birth certificate.
Lydia's voter registration card.
7
How does Lydia know how to access her mother's savings?
Lydia helped set up the account.
The PIN was on a Post It Note.
Lydia guesses it on her first try.
She tries various PINs.
8
At the shelter, Lydia learns that the expression for the price women pay to travel the migrant trial is...
Que chingadera!
Your body is an ATM.
Acapulco Falls
cuerpomatico
9
The first time that Lydia and Luca approach La Bestia, they...
jump on La Bestia successfully.
try to jump on but fall back off.
do not jump on the train.
witness a person falling off of La Bestia.
10
Lydia entrusts her sad story to...
Lorenzo, a man at the shelter.
a shelter nun named Hermana Cecilia.
Nestor, a shelter worker.
Nando, a man on the train tracks.
11
The name of Javier's gang is...
The Bloods
Heartless Felons
Konvicted Family
Los Jardineros, The Gardeners
12
Lydia is scared when Sebastian publishes the article entitled...
Acapulco Falls
More Murders
Los Jardinaros (the Gardeners)
La Lechuza (the Owl)
13
Which character is dangerously beautiful?
Rebeca
Lydia
Hermana Cecilia
Soledad
14
Who is the protagonist of the novel American Dirt?
Javier, La Lechuza
Lydia
Luca
Both Lydia and Luca
15
Javier and Lydia first became acquainted in...
a party for Sebastian's work.
Lydia's book store.
an Internet cafe.
a shopping mall.
