Efrén Divided

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. He reads in the bathtub with the door closed. (He has no room of his own, and in fact shares a mattress for a bed with his younger siblings.) (Chapter 1)

2. A meeting for candidates to review the rules of the school election process with Mrs. Salas, who teaches the Leadership class (Chapter 2)

3. At work in a clothing factory (Chapter 2)

Short-Answer Response

1. Answers might include some of these examples: He might be similar to the average seventh grader in that he seeks privacy from his little brother and sister; he is concerned about his appearance; he has a best friend with whom he walks to school; he is close to his parents and sees them as hard workers. He deals with atypical stressors, though, because his parents are undocumented immigrants from Mexico. He is always afraid of ICE agents and his parents being arrested and deported. He knows a “lockdown” at home means locking up quickly when a helicopter flies overhead, as it might be ICE. He stays up late waiting until his mother is safely home from her job. (Chapters 1 and 3)

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