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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. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?
(a) 100%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25% .
(d) 60%.

2. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?
(a) The United States' need for cheap service and domestic workers.
(b) Female immigrants could easily come to the United States.
(c) The United States government welcomed female immigrants.
(d) Female immigrants needed to get away from their children.

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

4. How much money per month does Lourdes pay to live in a converted carport?
(a) $100.
(b) $200.
(c) $400.
(d) $300.

5. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She works at the airport.
(c) She is a nanny.
(d) She sorts tomatoes at a small factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Enrique behave at school?

2. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?

3. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

4. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?

5. Of the children who enter the U.S. illegally, what percentage are looking for their mothers?

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