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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "A Mother's Embrace," Epilogue: "Two Promises," Afterword: "Immigrant Nation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Enrique show up at Lourdes' house on the day after Christmas to ask for money in the Epilogue?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

2. Why does María del Carmen Ortega García help migrants?
(a) Because she tried to make it to the U.S., and she knows how hard it is.
(b) Because her 18-year-old son was deported from the U.S., and she does not know what happened to him after he was driven across the border.
(c) Because she wanted to get credit for helping migrants.
(d) Because she was forced to by her priest.

3. What is one of the main issues that teachers must deal with regarding immigrant children, according to the author in the Afterword?
(a) They are often too poor to wear decent clothing to school.
(b) They harbor resentment which spills over into behavior problems.
(c) They do not understand the language or culture in the U.S.
(d) There is racial bias against the children.

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

5. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?
(a) La migra.
(b) The local police.
(c) Enrique.
(d) The local bishop, Hipólito Reyes Larios.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Spanish television personality that invites Lourdes and Enrique to appear on his show?

2. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?

3. Where was Enrique's mother the last time they spoke, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

4. To whom does the field worker that discovers him direct Enrique?

5. How are the residents of Mexico City described in their behavior toward the migrants?

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