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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "A Dark River, Perhaps a New Life" - Chapter 7: "The Girl Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What habit does Enrique develop?
(a) He stutters.
(b) He bites his nails.
(c) He pulls at his hair.
(d) He becomes addicted to sniffing glue.

2. What does Enrique's mother give him for Christmas in Chapter 7?
(a) A car.
(b) A passport.
(c) A gun.
(d) A shirt.

3. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 700,000.
(d) 10,000.

4. How many migrants have died in 2000 alone crossing the river where Enrique crosses in Chapter 6?
(a) 54.
(b) 35.
(c) 23.
(d) 68.

5. What allows Enrique to sleep behind the black iron gates in Chapter 3?
(a) He pays them.
(b) He has a relationship with one of the members of a gang.
(c) He is a kid, so they want to protect him.
(d) He has been there so many times they just allow him to come inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the municipal police wear?

2. How does Enrique escape la migra?

3. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?

4. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?

5. How many other migrants are crossing the border with Enrique and El Trinidaro in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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