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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. Why does María del Carmen Ortega García help migrants?
(a) Because she wanted to get credit for helping migrants.
(b) Because she was forced to by her priest.
(c) Because her 18-year-old son was deported from the U.S., and she does not know what happened to him after he was driven across the border.
(d) Because she tried to make it to the U.S., and she knows how hard it is.

2. Who is the doctor that sees Enrique in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Guillermo Toledo Montes.
(b) Dr. Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(c) Dr. Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(d) Dr. Carlos Carrasco

3. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?
(a) He sleeps at the doctor's house.
(b) He sleeps in a villager's home.
(c) He sleeps on the concrete floor of the police command post.
(d) He sleeps under a tree.

4. How are the residents of Mexico City described in their behavior toward the migrants?
(a) They are neither friendly nor helpful.
(b) They are overly friendly and helpful.
(c) They offer the migrants money and food.
(d) They are intense in their hatred for the migrants.

5. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?
(a) They drove.
(b) They road the top of trains.
(c) They took an airplane.
(d) They took a bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the municipal police wear?

2. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?

3. On his eighth trip through Chiapas, where does Enrique decide to sleep?

4. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?

5. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?

(see the answer key)

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