Key Terms
What is a 'coyote'?
A person who leads a group of migrants across the border.
Who is the main character?
Victor Flores
This is what Victor takes from Silao to Guadalajara.
A bus
This is the animal that follows Victor for a while.
A puma.
What is the name of Rico's brother who lives in Tucson, Arizona?
Reynaldo
What is the name of money used in Mexico?
Pesos.
Who is the main characters best friend?
Rico
This vehicle can fly and is owned by border patrol.
A helicopter.
This is the animal that bites Victor.
A rattlesnake.
This is the place that Victor ends up in.
Washington
Victor and Rico call each other this word.
'mano or hermano
Who helps Victor cross the wire the first time?
Miguel (Sleepy Eye)
This is a car, green with a white stripe down it.
A border patrol truck (perrera)
Also known as the Mexican tiger, this animal reminds Victor to be stealthy.
A jaguar
This is where Victor's family lives in Mexico.
Los Arboles
What is a gabacho?
A white person
What is Victor's brother's name?
Chuy
This is a vehicle that Victor jumps off of while it is moving.
A train
This is the animal that Rico compares to Victor.
Turtle
This is the city in Mexico where Victor finds Rico at the soup kitchen.
Nogales
What is a 'mule'?
A person who carries drugs across the border.
Who are the two coyotes helping Victor and Rico cross the wire the second time?
Jarra and Morales
This is a large, circular object that floats in the sky.
A blimp
This is what Miguel calls the lines of mojados walking through the desert.
This is where Miguel tells Victor to meet him.
La Perra Flaca (the skinny dog)