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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec?
(a) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(b) Guillermo Toledo Montes.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(d) Carlos Carrasco.

2. On average, how many migrant girls are sexually assaulted during their journey?
(a) 1:6.
(b) 1:10.
(c) 1:500.
(d) 1:100.

3. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?
(a) A bathrobe.
(b) A pair of overalls.
(c) Only underwear.
(d) A wooden bucket.

4. What does Enrique say he plans to do once he is released from the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) He plans to go home.
(b) He plans to try to call his mother.
(c) He plans to stay in Las Anonas.
(d) He plans to get on another train.

5. What do the police do after they raid the cemetery?
(a) They take Enrique and the migrants to jail.
(b) They let Enrique and the migrants go.
(c) They assault Enrique and the migrants.
(d) They call the migrants' mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

2. What is they nickname Nazario uses for the train in Chapter 3?

3. How does Enrique behave at school?

4. What happens to Santos?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of family disintegration illustrated through Maria Isabel in Chapter 2?

2. What happens when Enrique takes a ride from a passing driver in Chapter 2?

3. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?

4. Where is Enrique's family from? How is this setting described?

5. With whom does Enrique stay at the cemetery in Chapter 3? How is this individual described?

6. What dangers do female migrants face and how do they address those dangers?

7. Who is Minor and what information is related from him in the Prologue?

8. What has led to Enrique’s injuries in the opening of Chapter 2?

9. How does the author introduce the theme of family in the book's Prologue?

10. What plans did Sonia Nazario make for her research journey before setting out?

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