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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. How many migrants did Díaz bury in the last 18 months?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. What long-term effect may Enrique have from his concussion in Chapter 2?
(a) A drooping eyelid.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Loss of vision.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

3. How do Enrique and the other migrants cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) On an inner tube.
(b) On a kayak.
(c) On a motorboat.
(d) On a fishing boat.

4. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?
(a) They took an airplane.
(b) They drove.
(c) They took a bus.
(d) They road the top of trains.

5. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?
(a) All of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(b) Four out of five are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(c) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted
(d) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have immigration policies in the U.S. generally trended in the past few decades?

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

3. What object of his mother's does Enrique sell to pawn in the Epilogue?

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

5. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?

(see the answer key)

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