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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 many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 75,000.

2. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?
(a) The ladder does not go all the way to the top.
(b) They are where most people ride.
(c) There is nothing to hold on to on top.
(d) They are too tall.

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

4. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?
(a) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(b) Four out of five are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(c) All of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(d) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted

5. What habit does Enrique develop?
(a) He stutters.
(b) He becomes addicted to sniffing glue.
(c) He bites his nails.
(d) He pulls at his hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. La Arrocera is known as what among the migrants?

2. What does Enrique do after making it off the train?

3. What do migrants call Chiapas?

4. What IS NOT one of the dangers associated with the train tracks in Chiapas?

5. On average, how many migrants do Ariaga's Red Cross workers retrieve?

(see the answer key)

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