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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. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?
(a) He feels like it's his calling to help migrants.
(b) He does it because he has a son Enrique's age.
(c) He does it as a favor for Mayor Carrasco.
(d) Diaz knows that burying Enrique would cost more than taking him to the local doctor.

2. Who are madrinas?
(a) They are local priests.
(b) They are men who threaten migrants with machetes.
(c) They are men who help migrants.
(d) They are migrants themselves

3. What is they nickname Nazario uses for the train in Chapter 3?
(a) The Iron Worm.
(b) Freedom Alley.
(c) Freedom Express.
(d) Dream Chaser.

4. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?
(a) Do not trust anyone in authority and beware even the ordinary residents.
(b) You should count on the police, locals, and la migra for help.
(c) Do not take buses.
(d) Never ride alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the bandits do once the day's robberies are over?

4. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?

5. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

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