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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. How do Enrique and the other migrants cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) On a motorboat.
(b) On an inner tube.
(c) On a fishing boat.
(d) On a kayak.

2. On his eighth trip through Chiapas, where does Enrique decide to sleep?
(a) He sleeps in the train station.
(b) He sleeps in the cemetery.
(c) He sleeps in a clump of grass.
(d) He sleeps at someone's house.

3. In Chapter 2, it is March 24, 2000. How long has Enrique been without his mom?
(a) He has been without her for 11 years.
(b) He has been without her for his entire life.
(c) He has been without her for two years.
(d) He has been without her for five years.

4. Who are madrinas?
(a) They are men who threaten migrants with machetes.
(b) They are local priests.
(c) They are migrants themselves
(d) They are men who help migrants.

5. Enrique's mother demands that he stop doing what or he must leave the house in Chapter 7?
(a) Sniffing paint thinner.
(b) Abusing Maria Isabel.
(c) Talking back to her boyfriend.
(d) Going out at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enrique do after making it off the train?

2. When does Enrique promise to Maria Isabel that he will return home in Chapter 7?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?

4. On average, how many migrants do Ariaga's Red Cross workers retrieve?

5. Where does Maria Isabel get a job when she moves back in with her mother in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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