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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. What IS NOT one of the dangers associated with the train tracks in Chiapas?
(a) They are new and allow trains to go fast.
(b) The tracks are 20 years old.
(c) The rail ties sink in the rainy season.
(d) Grass grows over the rails

2. Where does Maria Isabel get a job when she moves back in with her mother in Chapter 7?
(a) A school.
(b) A mall.
(c) A bank.
(d) A hospital.

3. Who tells Maria's mother about her plan to seek out Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) Maria La Arrocera.
(b) Olga Sanchez Martinez.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(d) Enrique.

4. What do we learn about the children of Mexico in Chapter 4 from the World Bank study?
(a) That most children lead lavish lives.
(b) That most children attend daycare.
(c) That 25% of the children live below the poverty line.
(d) That 30% of the children five years old and younger eat so littler that their growth is stunted.

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 might try to marry one of them.
(c) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(d) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?

3. On what date does Enrique arrive with Lourdes' boyfriend in Chapter 6?

4. What caused the church members in Chapter 4 to begin helping migrants?

5. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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