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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. Who are madrinas?
(a) They are men who help migrants.
(b) They are men who threaten migrants with machetes.
(c) They are local priests.
(d) They are migrants themselves

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

3. How many gangs control the tops of freight trains that operate north of the Río Suchiate?
(a) 56.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 100.

4. Who tells Maria's mother about her plan to seek out Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) Olga Sanchez Martinez.
(b) Maria La Arrocera.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(d) Enrique.

5. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?
(a) The Train of Despair.
(b) The Train of Death.
(c) The Train of Distance.
(d) The Train That Devours.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many derailments does Enrique's train average a month?

4. What does Enrique have on his shins in Chapter 3?

5. How does Enrique escape la migra?

(see the answer key)

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