Question 1

What are the main character's names in Crossing the Wire ?

Accepted Answer

Rico and Victor

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Sebastian and Tomas

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Pablo and Santiago

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Reynaldo and Richard

Question 2

What is a coyote?

Accepted Answer

A person who smuggles immigrants into the United States for money.

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A person that hunts jaguars for their fur

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A person that works for the Mexican government

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A person that works for the Border Patrol

Question 3

What is La Migra?

Accepted Answer

American Immigration Officers

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The name for the farmers crossing the wire.

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The name of the bus company that travels to the border.

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Another name for smugglers

Question 4

Who gave Rico the $1500.00 to pay the coyotes?

Accepted Answer

Rico's oldest brother, Reynaldo sent it to him from the states.

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Rico had been saving the money for two years while working in Silao.

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Victor gave Rico the money for the coyotes.

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A Catholic priest gave Rico the money for the coyotes.

Question 5

Why did Victor make the very difficult decision to leave his home and go to the United States?

Accepted Answer

The corn crop was not going to be profitable so Victor has to go to the United States to get work to help his family.

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Victor needed to go to the United States to help Rico get out of jail.

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Victor decided not to go to the United States after all.

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Rico told Victor that he had coyote money for him to use to get across the border

Question 6

How did Victor get injured at the end of chapter 7?

Accepted Answer

Victor jumped off of a train that was moving too fast and he fell and injured his head.

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Victor was pushed off of a cliff by a border patrolman.

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Victor was hit by a bus when crossing the highway.

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Victor was attacked by a vicious dog.

Question 7

What "trick" did Victor's new acquaintance, Julio know about the trains?

Accepted Answer

Julio knew how to get into the freight train boxes that had new automobiles in them.

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Julio knew how to find coyotes that would help them for free.

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Julio knew how to hire a pilot to fly them across the border.

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Julio knew how to bribe the border patrol so they could get across the border.

Question 8

What are Cholos?

Accepted Answer

Gangs or street kids

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Cities or townships

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Farmers

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Trains

Question 9

What sweet treat did Victor see a girl eating when he and Julio arrived in Nagales that made his stomach feel like a small animal with claws?

Accepted Answer

A chocolate banana on a stick.

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A popsicle

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An ice cream sandwich

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A Snickers candybar

Question 10

Who came in the middle of the night while Victor and Julio were sleeping in Nogales and what did they want?

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The cholos came in the middle of the night to rob them.

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A Catholic Priest came and gave them blankets and food.

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The local soccer team came to ask them to play soccer for their team.

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The immigration police came to deport them to Guatemala.

Question 11

What does it mean to "cross the wire"?

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to cross the border into the United States

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to make a drug smuggler angry

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to cross into Nogales

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to work at a soup kitchen

Question 12

The password that Julio had been given (Paisano twenty-seven) worked perfectly with the cholos.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 13

Why did Victor decide not to follow Julio through the tunnel on an inner tube?

Accepted Answer

Victor was worried about what might happen to his family if he drowned.

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Victor said he couldn't swim.

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The cholos wouldn't let Victor through

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Julio told Victor not to come because it was too risky.

Question 14

How did Victor get on the bus when he was following Miguel?

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He sneaked onto the bus when the bus driver was smoking a cigarette.

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He bought a second class ticket so he could get on the bus.

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He climbed on top of the bus to get a ride.

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He bribed the bus driver with tortillas.

Question 15

What are "mules" in the book Crossing the Wire?

Accepted Answer

people that carry drugs for the smugglers

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Mexican police

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border patrol

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gang members

Question 16

What did Victor say that made Miguel tell him to "eat approvingly".

Accepted Answer

Victor told him that the reason he was going to America was to earn money to support his mother, sisters, and little brother.

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He said he would give him twenty dollars

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He said he would stop following him.

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He told him he had a bottle of gatorade in his pack.

Question 17

What is a campesino?

Accepted Answer

a farmer

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a gang leader

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a border patrol agent

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a taco seasoning

Question 18

What are Mariachis?

Accepted Answer

a musical group

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a hiding place

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a tool for cutting wire

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a lunch break

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