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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. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?
(a) Her Aunt Gloria.
(b) Her Uncle Pedro.
(c) Her mother Maria Ana.
(d) Her sister Anna.

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

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

4. How does Belky react to her mother's disappearance?
(a) She does not even notice.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is glad she is gone.
(d) She is devastated, but she knows she should be thankful to her mother for being willing to go.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money per month does Lourdes pay to live in a converted carport?

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

3. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?

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

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

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