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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 does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to go find his mother.
(b) He is going to get a job and buy a home.
(c) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.
(d) He is going to marry María Isabel.

2. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?
(a) They drove.
(b) They took an airplane.
(c) They took a bus.
(d) They road the top of trains.

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

4. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

5. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?
(a) They will call home and ask relatives to give them an address.
(b) They carry their mother's phone numbers with them on their journey.
(c) They will ask an officer for help at the immigration check point.
(d) They plan to email them once they make it across the U.S. border.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?

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

3. How does Enrique behave at school?

4. What habit does Enrique develop?

5. With whom does Belky live when her mother leaves?

(see the answer key)

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