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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. After Díaz decides to help Enrique, he turns him over to his driver. On the way to the doctor, the are approached by a municipal officer. What startles Enrique about this encounter?
(a) He saw the officer on the train.
(b) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(c) He knows the officer from Honduras.
(d) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.

2. On his eighth trip through Chiapas, where does Enrique decide to sleep?
(a) He sleeps in the train station.
(b) He sleeps in the cemetery.
(c) He sleeps at someone's house.
(d) He sleeps in a clump of grass.

3. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
(a) They try to cross in Técun Umán.
(b) They try to cross In Chiapas.
(c) They try to cross in Vera Cruz.
(d) They try to cross in Oaxaca.

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

5. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?
(a) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.
(b) Lourdes needs to come home.
(c) She is very sick, and she might not survive.
(d) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

2. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?

3. Who does Mayor Carrasco ask for help?

4. Who are madrinas?

5. What does Enrique say he plans to do once he is released from the hospital in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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