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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Chapter 1: "The Boy Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.
(b) He is going to go find his mother.
(c) He is going to marry María Isabel.
(d) He is going to get a job and buy a home.

2. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 10,000.

3. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

4. Who is Santos?
(a) Santos is Lourdes' boss.
(b) Santos is Lourdes' boyfriend from Honduras.
(c) Santos is a neighbor.
(d) Santos is a colleague.

5. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?
(a) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.
(b) Lourdes needs to come home.
(c) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.
(d) She is very sick, and she might not survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?

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

3. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?

4. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?

5. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?

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