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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Gifts and Faith" - Chapter 5: "On the Border".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?
(a) They are fired.
(b) They are promoted.
(c) They are awarded the Medal of Honor.
(d) They receive repeated death threats.

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

3. How old is Soledad Vasquez?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

4. How does Enrique escape la migra?
(a) He walks out the front door.
(b) He bribes them.
(c) He beats up the officers and runs.
(d) He climbs on top of a bicycle and jumps the wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?

2. How does Belky react to her mother's disappearance?

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

4. What does the priest do with the $37,500 he saved for retirement?

5. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?

(see the answer key)

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