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

2. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 48,000.

3. How does Enrique behave at school?
(a) He is a troublemaker.
(b) He is the perfect student.
(c) He makes straight As.
(d) He studies hard to make his mother proud.

4. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a local politician.
(c) He is a money changer.
(d) He is a butcher.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Diana?

3. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?

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

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

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