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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. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?
(a) He arrives in America.
(b) He goes back home.
(c) He wanders into Las Anonas bleeding and hurt.
(d) He gets a job in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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

3. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

4. After Díaz decides to help Enrique, he turns him over to his driver. On the way to the doctor, the are approached by a municipal officer. What startles Enrique about this encounter?
(a) He saw the officer on the train.
(b) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(c) He knows the officer from Honduras.
(d) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.

5. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?
(a) They are promoted.
(b) They receive repeated death threats.
(c) They are awarded the Medal of Honor.
(d) They are fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"

2. What can happen to migrants when boxcars are locked from the outside?

3. What happens to María's plan to go after Enrique?

4. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?

5. What does Enrique have on his shins in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?

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

3. Why is Chiapas referred to as the beast by the migrants?

4. How old is Lourdes when she leaves her children? Why does she leave them?

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

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

7. Who are the majority of the migrants who brave riding on the trains? Why?

8. What advice does the doctor give Enrique in Chapter 2?

9. How was Enrique captured in each of his previous attempts to travel north, according to the author in Chapter 2?

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

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