Chapter 38: The House of Eternity

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1. Describe what happened at El Patron's funeral. What does this make you think about El Patron? What kind of leader is he?
2. How did Daft Donald survive?
3. What happened to Tam Lin? Why do you think he made this choice?
4. What does Matt find at the end of the chapter? What does it look like?
5. What does Matt vow to do?

Chapter 37: Homecoming

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1. Use three adjectives to describe Esperanza.
2. What are lockdowns in Opium? How many have there been and what is different about this one?
3. Describe Esperanza's plan. What is Matt's role and why is he needed?
4. Who does Matt see when he is in Opium?

Chapter 36: The Castle on the Hill

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1. What are the costumes like and which one does Matt recognize?
2. Who stopped the fight with the Keepers at the hospital?
3. What did the Aztlan police discover?
4. Who is responsible for the shriek at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 35: El Dia De Los Muertos

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1. What happened to Matt at the Colorado River?
2. Who helped the boys and where were they taken?
3. What day is being celebrated? Why?
4. How will the boys use this to their advantage?

Chapter 34: The Shrimp Harvester

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Shrimp!

1. What is Matt's situation?
2. Matt worries that Jorge is coming back and that he won't be able to escape him. Who arrives to help?
3. How do they get Chacho out?

4. Ton-Ton keeps says the Keepers are asleep. What does Matt realize?
5. What do Matt and Fidelito decide to do?

Chapter 33: The Boneyard

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1. Why don't they take the tape off Matt's arms and legs?
2. What piece of Tam Lin's advice does Matt remember to help him get out of the boneyard?
3. Who does Matt say Tam Lin is?
4. Where are the boys at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 32: Found Out

1. How is Jorge acting? What is his purpose? Why would someone act this way?
2. What do Matt and Chacho do?
3. Matt seems to be observing and understanding everything that is happening and the control the boys have. Do the other boys realize their power?
4. What does everyone find out about Matt?
5. Who sticks up for Matt? Why is this significant?