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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 long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?
(a) She plans to stay for five years.
(b) She plans to stay forever.
(c) She plans to stay for one year.
(d) She plans to stay for six months.

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

3. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?
(a) She spent two years.
(b) She spent one year.
(c) She spent six months.
(d) She spent three weeks.

4. What allows Enrique to sleep behind the black iron gates in Chapter 3?
(a) He pays them.
(b) He has been there so many times they just allow him to come inside.
(c) He has a relationship with one of the members of a gang.
(d) He is a kid, so they want to protect him.

5. What happens to María's plan to go after Enrique?
(a) She does not have the money to go.
(b) Her friend backs out.
(c) Enrique comes home, so she does not have to go find him.
(d) She is talked out of it by her family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?

3. Who tells Maria's mother about her plan to seek out Enrique in Chapter 3?

4. 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?

5. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?

(see the answer key)

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