Chapter 26-28 Questions

1) Who ran the shrimp harvester?
Answer: Ton Ton.

2) Who told Jorge about Matt's tattoo?
Answer: Luna.

3) Who is Jorge?
Answer: A Keeper.

4) What is Ton Ton's favorite line of speech?
Answer: 'I'll beat the stuffing out of you.'

5) What is swear word to the orphans?
Answer: Crot.

6) What do Matt and Chacho get thrown into?
Answer: The whale boneyard.

7) What holiday is Fidelito's favorite?
Answer: The Day of the Dead.

8) What drug do the keepers "earn"?
Answer: laudanum.

9) Who is Maria's mother?
Answer: Esparanza.

10) Why is Chacho afraid of bats?
Answer: He thinks they are going to suck his blood.

Chapter 26-28 Vocabulary

1) Ecstatic - "He settled by Fidelito, who was ecstatic to gain the approval of the newcomer." Page 266, paragraph 6, sentence 2.

2) Ignorant - "In case someone were to wonder why he was so ignorant, he didn't ask many questions." Page 269, paragraph 1, sentence 2.

3) Inspirational - "Raul gave the boys an inspirational talk in the morning." Page 277, paragraph 1, sentence 1.

4) Purgatory - " 'I was in purgatory.' " Page 279, paragraph 4, sentence 7.

5) Humidity - "The air was foul, the temperature broiling, and the humidity so high that his jumpsuit clung to his body like a second skin." Page 281, paragraph 4, sentence 2.

6) Rancid - "It was sticky and crunchy at the same time, anad it coated his mouth like rancid glue." Page 283, parargraph 2, sentence 4.

7) Astounded - "Matt was astounded." Page 286, paragraph 2, sentence 1.

8) Quiver - "He saw the other boys tense and Jorge's mouth quiver on the edge of a smile." Page 291, paragraph 3, sentence 2.

9) Sham - "But it was all a sham." Page 293, paragraph 4, sentence 1.

10) Initial - "He gathered his strength for the intial blow." Page 319, paragraph 4, sentence 4.

Chapter 26-38 Summary

Matt was kept by the Keepers in an orphanage and met Fidelito, Chacho, and Ton Ton. He had to always recite the Five Principals of Good Citizenship and the Four Attitudes Leading to Right-Mindfulness. He was then sent to work at the Plankton Factory, where they had to harvest shrimp and plankton for dog food. They were also forced to eat plankton. Matt had to learn how to do different things, and had to work hard. Jorge, one of the keepers, wanted to beat him, but he beat Ton Ton instead. Matt had jumped on Jorge when he started to beat Fidelito. After that, both Ton Ton and Matt were taken to the infirmary for medical treatment. Luna, a keeper at the infirmary, told Jorge about the tattoo on Matt's foot. Matt and Chacho were thrown in the whale boneyard. Matt got out just fine, but Chacho broke some ribs and had to be picked up by a mechanical arm attached to the shrimp harvester. The shrimp harvester was driven by Ton Ton with Fidelito sitting next to him. They then escaped to San Luis, to the Convent of Santa Clara. Matt and Fidelito walked and met a man and lady that were celebrating the Day of the Dead. Guapo, the man, took them to the convent where they were trying to get to Chacho, who was in the hospital. Jorge was there trying to take Chacho and Ton Ton back to the factory when Esparanza stepped in and took control. Matt is not a clone anymore, and he becomes the ruler of Opium. Tam Lin and everybody else died except for Celia, Daft Donald and Mr. Ortega from poisonous wine. Tam Lin saved Daft Donald, but Tam Lin died because of the twenty children he killed in a bombing back in Scotland. Matt then ended the book with how he would run the new empire of Opium.

Chapter 23-25 Questions

1) Where did Tam Lin say he was going to put Matt?
Answer: By the eejit pens.

2) What did Matt suck on to keep from feeling thirsty?
Answer: A stone.

3) Who dies in this section?
Answer: El Patron

4) What does Tam Lin and Daft Donald wrap Matt in?
Answer: Duct tape.

5) Does Celia turn into an eejit?
Answer: No

Chapter 23-25 Vocabulary

1) Elegant - "It was decorated with fine paintings, elegant furniture, and carpets." Page 231, paragraph 5, sentence 3.

2) Dismissive - "El Patron was dismissive." Page 234, paragraph 2, sentence 1.


3) Creosote - "He smelled not slime and corruption, but good, clean air scented by creosote." Page 241, paragraph 4, sentence 3.

4) Machete - "He also found a wicked-looking machete in a leather sheath." Page 250, paragraph 5, sentence 4.

5) Binoculars - "Matt swung the binoculars at the animal's head and sent it veering to one side." Page 257, paragraph 2, sentence 5.

Chapter 23-25 Summary

This is the "Age 14" part of this book. El Patron dies becase Celia and Matt give him a heart attack, again. Tam Lin protects Celia from being turned into an eejit, and helps Matt escape to the oasis. Tam Lin tells him to follow the map, and that he will never see him again. Matt follows the map, and almost got caught by the Farm Patrol on the border of Aztlan. They grabbed his backpack. Matt landed in a pool of black slime in Aztlan with no money or food. His goal is to get to Maria's convent.