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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Chapter 1: "The Boy Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?
(a) She is very sick, and she might not survive.
(b) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.
(c) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.
(d) Lourdes needs to come home.

2. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?
(a) They want to homeschool them.
(b) They like to have them home to spend time with them.
(c) They have them watch siblings, work, or beg.
(d) They do not value education.

3. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?
(a) He goes to live with his Uncle Marco.
(b) He goes to live with María Isabel.
(c) He goes to live by himself.
(d) He goes to live with a friend.

4. What happens to Santos?
(a) Santos stays home to help care for the baby.
(b) Santos marries Lourdes.
(c) Santos is deported to Honduras and is never heard from again.
(d) Santos moves across the United States.

5. Who is Santos?
(a) Santos is a colleague.
(b) Santos is Lourdes' boss.
(c) Santos is Lourdes' boyfriend from Honduras.
(d) Santos is a neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?

2. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?

3. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?

4. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?

5. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?

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