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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Facing the Beast".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"
(a) He wants to talk.
(b) It is time to go catch the train.
(c) A truck full of municipal police have arrived at the cemetery.
(d) They are being surrounded by migrants who wish to rob them.

3. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?
(a) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(b) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.
(c) She worries the smuggler might try to marry one of them.
(d) She worries the smuggler would hurt or abandon them.

4. What do the bandits do once the day's robberies are over?
(a) They go home to their families.
(b) They go to the police station to share their loot.
(c) They go to Huixtla to drink and visit prostitutes.
(d) They go to work at their night shift jobs.

5. Who is the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec?
(a) Guillermo Toledo Montes.
(b) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(d) Carlos Carrasco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?

2. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?

3. How does Enrique escape la migra?

4. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?

(see the answer key)

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