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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. Why is Enrique assaulted?
(a) His family has caught up with him, and they want to hurt him.
(b) The police are angry because he's trying to get across the border.
(c) He has made other migrants angry.
(d) The men rob him.

2. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?
(a) Sirenio Gómez Fuentes.
(b) Miguel Rellana.
(c) Carlos Carrasco.
(d) Adan Diaz Ruiz.

3. María Isabel does not feel well, which causes her to do what?
(a) She becomes very ill.
(b) She goes to the doctor.
(c) She quits school.
(d) She has to go to the emergency room.

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

5. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 700,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Diana?

2. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?

3. With whom does Belky live when her mother leaves?

4. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?

5. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?

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