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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 habit does Enrique develop?
(a) He becomes addicted to sniffing glue.
(b) He bites his nails.
(c) He pulls at his hair.
(d) He stutters.

2. 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 knows the officer from Honduras.
(b) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.
(c) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(d) He saw the officer on the train.

3. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
(a) They try to cross In Chiapas.
(b) They try to cross in Oaxaca.
(c) They try to cross in Vera Cruz.
(d) They try to cross in Técun Umán.

4. Who does Mayor Carrasco ask for help?
(a) He asks the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec.
(b) He asks la migra.
(c) He asks the local police.
(d) He asks a local doctor.

5. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?
(a) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(b) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted
(c) All of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(d) Four out of five are robbed, beaten, or extorted.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?

2. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?

3. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?

4. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?

5. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?

(see the answer key)

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