Across A Hundred Mountains #1-155

The first chapter of this novel focuses on Adelina at the U.S. / Mexico border with a person called a "_________" who helps to lead people through the desert.

• a lobo

• a coyote

• a zorro

• a smuggler

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Juana's first chapter deals with this important and life changing extreme weather event.

• a forest fire

• an earthquake

• a flood

• a drought

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Adelina's main purpose in her first two chapters is to gather

• her father's remains

• the history of her past

• her mother's remains

• her long lost brother

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What happens to Anita?

• She drowns

• She goes missing

• She gets sick

• Apa takes her.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Apa's main reason for leaving to "El Otro Lado" is

• To earn more money so they can have a better life.

• Because he's too upset.

• He doesn't love his family anymore.

• He wants a new wife.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

On Adelina's first night in LA, between pages 22-25, she almost spends the night in

• a park

• a hotel

• a phonebook

• a bus station.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

It's never explicitly said in the novel, at this point, but "el otro lado" is an important phrase. While it literally means, "the other side, in practice it means

• somewhere far away

• the other side of the big mountain that they live near

• the U.S.

• a place with more opportunity

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

How does Abeulita Elena feel about Ama? (Grande 38-39)

• She thinks poorly of her.

• She loves her deeply, almost like a child.

• She isn't a character is the story.

• She leave with Apa to "el otro lado."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Don Elias comes to Juana's house to inquire about... (Grande 43)

• money for the funeral expenses.

• only to see how they are doing since Apa left.

• to offer Juana a job.

• to fix the leak in their roof.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Don Elias checks in a second time and talks about a "different arrangement." What's he suggesting? (Grande 52)

• He's talking about payment in sex.

• He's talking about payment in the form of labor.

• He's talking about a payment plan.

• He's talking about a barter system, first created by the Mesopotamian empire.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6