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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. Approximately how much time did Nazario spend reporting and writing Enrique's Journey?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six months.

2. What is the youngest child Enrique has encountered on the trains?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?
(a) He goes back home.
(b) He arrives in America.
(c) He gets a job in Oaxaca, Mexico.
(d) He wanders into Las Anonas bleeding and hurt.

4. Where is Diana working when she is robbed in the Epilogue?
(a) A clothing store.
(b) A telephone plan store.
(c) A department store.
(d) A computer store.

5. Why is Enrique assaulted?
(a) He has made other migrants angry.
(b) The police are angry because he's trying to get across the border.
(c) His family has caught up with him, and they want to hurt him.
(d) The men rob him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?

3. How old is Lourdes' boyfriend's son whom he smuggles into the U.S. in Chapter 7?

4. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?

5. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?

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