La Frontera Book Quiz

The setting of this story was in

• Mexico City, Mexico

• La Ceja, Mexico

• Los Angeles, Ca

• Minneapolis, Mn

Alfredo and his family

• worked with coffee and tea.

• worked with bananas.

• picked pine nuts and corn leaves.

• picked blueberries and apples.

Alfredo was sad to move to the United States and knew he would miss everyone, including his pet donkey.

• True

• False

The reason that Alfredo's Papa had to move to the United States was

• cholos and the army came to their town.

• there was a flood in their town.

• there was a volcanic eruption.

• Abuelo was old and there wasn't work.

Mama told Alfredo that he needed to

• be like a bird who does not need much food.

• be like a cow who eats a lot of food.

• be like a donkey, stubborn.

• be like a butterfly and fly.

At the Rio Grande, the Coyote

• helped Papa and Alfredo to cross.

• left Papa and Alfredo to cross by themselves.

Without Coyote, Papa and Alfredo have to

• go on a boat through the ocean.

• walk through a park.

• cross a desert with no place to sleep.

• none of these.

To get to school, Alfredo must

• walk.

• ride a bike.

• get a ride.

• ride a school bus.

At school, Alfredo must learn to speak

• Spanish.

• English.

• Russian.

• Japanese.

At the end of the story, Alfredo and Papa

• become citizens of the US.

• get deported to Mexico.