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

2. On average, how many migrants do Ariaga's Red Cross workers retrieve?
(a) 2.
(b) 26.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. What percentage of migrants who board the train are children?
(a) 50%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 20-30%.
(d) 40%.

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

5. 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 was robbed by the same policeman the day before.
(b) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(c) He saw the officer on the train.
(d) He knows the officer from Honduras.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"

3. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?

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

5. What does Enrique do to escape his attackers?

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