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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) 10,000.
(b) 48,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 75,000.

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

3. Who is Santos?
(a) Santos is a neighbor.
(b) Santos is Lourdes' boss.
(c) Santos is Lourdes' boyfriend from Honduras.
(d) Santos is a colleague.

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

5. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 700,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

3. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?

4. Who are madrinas?

5. Who is the doctor that sees Enrique in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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