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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 nanny.
(b) She sorts tomatoes at a small factory.
(c) She works at the airport.
(d) She is a waitress.

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

3. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?
(a) She catches a flight to Miami.
(b) She goes back to Honduras.
(c) She goes to work in the airport.
(d) Her smuggler leaves her.

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

5. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?
(a) He lives with his father, Luis.
(b) He lives with his mother.
(c) He lives with Belky.
(d) He lives with a friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?

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

4. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?

5. How does Enrique behave at school?

(see the answer key)

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