Crossing the Wire

Why did Victor feel pressure to cross the border into the United States?

• He wanted to go to Disney World.
• His uncle needed him to work in their family's restaurant. 
• He needed to make money to send to his family in Mexico. 
• To meet his brother in Tucson. 

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Victor come up with the money that will buy him a bus ticket to the border?

• He found it in the street.
• The priest at El Cristo Rey
• Rico's parents gave it to him.
• He sold his goat.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the name of the young Honduran boy Victor meets after he gets out of the hospital?

• Rico
• Julio
• Miguel
• Jarra

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Where does Victor hope to work when he get to El Norte?

• Pool Cleaning business
• Fast food industry
• Construction
• Field work/Orchards

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2