Borders"
Why does Laetitia move away from home?
(1 point)
She wants to live with her boyfriend.
She and her mother have a huge argument. She is pregnant.
She is bored.
9 answers
She wants to live with her boyfriend.
"Delfino II: Diez in the Desert"
The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S. border.
(1 point)
coyote
border patrolista ranchera
cougar
The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S. border.
(1 point)
coyote
border patrolista ranchera
cougar
coyote
The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that _____. (1 point)
a woman became delirious and died
a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee
the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter
a woman became delirious and died
a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee
the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter
a woman became delirious and died
Mexicans Begin Jogging"
In the poem “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” why does the speaker run when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works?
(1 point)
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not.
He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them.
His boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss’s time
In the poem “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” why does the speaker run when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works?
(1 point)
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not.
He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them.
His boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss’s time
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 5–6.
[H]e had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique...
(1 point)
hurt rubbed caved in stuck out
[H]e had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique...
(1 point)
hurt rubbed caved in stuck out
stuck out