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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the children who enter the U.S. illegally, what percentage are looking for their mothers?
(a) 10%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 25%.

3. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?
(a) 100%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 25% .
(d) 50%.

4. How many derailments does Enrique's train average a month?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

6. Who does Mayor Carrasco ask for help?
(a) He asks a local doctor.
(b) He asks la migra.
(c) He asks the local police.
(d) He asks the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec.

7. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?
(a) You should count on the police, locals, and la migra for help.
(b) Do not take buses.
(c) Do not trust anyone in authority and beware even the ordinary residents.
(d) Never ride alone.

8. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?
(a) He goes to live by himself.
(b) He goes to live with María Isabel.
(c) He goes to live with a friend.
(d) He goes to live with his Uncle Marco.

9. Who is the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec?
(a) Guillermo Toledo Montes.
(b) Carlos Carrasco.
(c) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(d) Karla Yamileth Chavez.

10. After Díaz decides to help Enrique, he turns him over to his driver. On the way to the doctor, the are approached by a municipal officer. What startles Enrique about this encounter?
(a) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(b) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.
(c) He knows the officer from Honduras.
(d) He saw the officer on the train.

11. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?
(a) They do not value education.
(b) They want to homeschool them.
(c) They like to have them home to spend time with them.
(d) They have them watch siblings, work, or beg.

12. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?
(a) He takes Enrique to a migrant checkpoint and turns him over.
(b) He drives him to the Rio Grande.
(c) He drives him to the train.
(d) He kills him.

13. What happens to María's plan to go after Enrique?
(a) Enrique comes home, so she does not have to go find him.
(b) Her friend backs out.
(c) She does not have the money to go.
(d) She is talked out of it by her family.

14. What can happen to migrants when boxcars are locked from the outside?
(a) People can overheat, suffocate, and die.
(b) People can access water from inside.
(c) People can open the windows for ventilation.
(d) People can ask for help from the conductor if conditions are uncomfortable.

15. 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) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(d) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?

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

3. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?

4. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?

5. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?

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