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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Seeking Mercy".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?
(a) Her Aunt Gloria.
(b) Her mother Maria Ana.
(c) Her sister Anna.
(d) Her Uncle Pedro.

3. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?
(a) He feels like it's his calling to help migrants.
(b) He does it because he has a son Enrique's age.
(c) He does it as a favor for Mayor Carrasco.
(d) Diaz knows that burying Enrique would cost more than taking him to the local doctor.

4. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?
(a) The United States' need for cheap service and domestic workers.
(b) Female immigrants needed to get away from their children.
(c) Female immigrants could easily come to the United States.
(d) The United States government welcomed female immigrants.

5. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?
(a) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.
(b) She worries the smuggler might try to marry one of them.
(c) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(d) She worries the smuggler would hurt or abandon them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?

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

4. Who is Santos?

5. What do María Isabel and a friend decide in Chapter 2 that they are going to do?

(see the answer key)

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