The Afterlife

Respond to Chapters 4–5
The Afterlife
1. Personal Response Chuy visits his friends and family as a ghost. If
you could visit anyone as a ghost, who would it be? Why?
2. Irony Before visiting his grandfather’s grave Chuy says, “Now that I
was dead, I had to grow up. I had to confess my first real sin.” What is
ironic about his statement? Use the word afterlife in your response.
3. Paraphrase On page 56, what does Chuy mean when he says,
“Until now, I never understood what ‘good-bye, adios, see you later,
alligator’ meant”?
4. Generate Questions Write a question about this section for someone
else reading this book. Exchange questions with them. Do you agree
with their answer?
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