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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 happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?
(a) They do not make it.
(b) They go to college in the United States.
(c) They find their mothers.
(d) They become United States citizens.

2. How many gangs control the tops of freight trains that operate north of the Río Suchiate?
(a) 56.
(b) 25.
(c) 100.
(d) 19.

3. How does Enrique behave at school?
(a) He is the perfect student.
(b) He is a troublemaker.
(c) He makes straight As.
(d) He studies hard to make his mother proud.

4. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?
(a) Guillermina Galvez Lopez.
(b) Maria La Arrocera.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez .
(d) Olga Sanchez Martinez.

5. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?
(a) Her Uncle Pedro.
(b) Her sister Anna.
(c) Her Aunt Gloria.
(d) Her mother Maria Ana.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?

2. Why is one reason the people of Chiapas ARE NOT fed up with Central American migrants?

3. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?

4. What is the youngest child Enrique has encountered on the trains?

5. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?

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