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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?
(a) They will ask an officer for help at the immigration check point.
(b) They carry their mother's phone numbers with them on their journey.
(c) They will call home and ask relatives to give them an address.
(d) They plan to email them once they make it across the U.S. border.

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

3. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?
(a) They do not make it.
(b) They go to college in the United States.
(c) They become United States citizens.
(d) They find their mothers.

4. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
(a) They try to cross in Técun Umán.
(b) They try to cross in Oaxaca.
(c) They try to cross In Chiapas.
(d) They try to cross in Vera Cruz.

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

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

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

8. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

9. Who is the doctor that sees Enrique in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(b) Dr. Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(c) Dr. Carlos Carrasco
(d) Dr. Guillermo Toledo Montes.

10. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?
(a) 17.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

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

12. What IS NOT one of the dangers associated with the train tracks in Chiapas?
(a) The rail ties sink in the rainy season.
(b) The tracks are 20 years old.
(c) Grass grows over the rails
(d) They are new and allow trains to go fast.

13. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"
(a) They are being surrounded by migrants who wish to rob them.
(b) He wants to talk.
(c) It is time to go catch the train.
(d) A truck full of municipal police have arrived at the cemetery.

14. Who tells Maria's mother about her plan to seek out Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) Enrique.
(b) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(c) Olga Sanchez Martinez.
(d) Maria La Arrocera.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?

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

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