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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Seeking Mercy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mayor in Chapter 2 do for Enrique?
(a) He drags out a wooden church pew for Enrique to lie down.
(b) He calls his mother so she can come get him.
(c) He takes him to jail.
(d) He has him sent back to Honduras.

2. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?
(a) He sleeps at the doctor's house.
(b) He sleeps under a tree.
(c) He sleeps on the concrete floor of the police command post.
(d) He sleeps in a villager's home.

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

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

5. Of the children who enter the U.S. illegally, what percentage are looking for their mothers?
(a) 25%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 10%.

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 many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?

4. Why is Enrique assaulted?

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

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