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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. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?
(a) Enrique.
(b) The local police.
(c) The local bishop, Hipólito Reyes Larios.
(d) La migra.

2. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

3. What does Enrique say about his mother's Christmas tree in Chapter 7?
(a) It is elegant.
(b) It is real cedar.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is extravagant.

4. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?
(a) He lives with his mother.
(b) He lives with his father, Luis.
(c) He lives with Belky.
(d) He lives with a friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maria Isabel live while raising her daughter in Chapter 7?

2. Why are people more likely to help in Oaxaca and Veracruz?

3. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 4, some residents have decided that giving migrants food and prayer is not enough, so what do they do?

5. To what gang does the gangster belong that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

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