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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Gifts and Faith" - Chapter 5: "On the Border".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Belky live when her mother leaves?
(a) She lives with an aunt.
(b) She lives with her grandmother.
(c) She lives with her family.
(d) She lives with a friend.

2. What does the priest do with the $37,500 he saved for retirement?
(a) He quietly donates the entire amount to buy the land to build the shelter.
(b) He cashes it in and moves away.
(c) He puts it in an IRA.
(d) He invests it to grow the money.

3. In Chapter 4, some residents have decided that giving migrants food and prayer is not enough, so what do they do?
(a) They open up their churches, invite them to stay in their homes, and, sometimes, protect them from police.
(b) They fly them to the United States.
(c) They deport them.
(d) They take them back to their families.

4. Why does Enrique not turn to God for help?
(a) He's angry at God.
(b) He feels like God has failed him.
(c) With all the sins he has committed, he thinks he has no right.
(d) He does not believe in God.

5. Because of police brutality toward migrants, the people of El Campesino El Mirador told the mayor of Nogales to do what?
(a) Keep his police out of their town.
(b) Leave his position.
(c) Provide medical treatment to migrants.
(d) Charge his officers with a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?

2. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?

3. Francisca Aguirre Juárez sometimes does what to gain support of the local police?

4. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?

5. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?

(see the answer key)

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