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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?
(a) Diaz knows that burying Enrique would cost more than taking him to the local doctor.
(b) He feels like it's his calling to help migrants.
(c) He does it as a favor for Mayor Carrasco.
(d) He does it because he has a son Enrique's age.

2. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?
(a) He sleeps at the doctor's house.
(b) He sleeps under a tree.
(c) He sleeps on the concrete floor of the police command post.
(d) He sleeps in a villager's home.

3. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?
(a) She is a nanny.
(b) She sorts tomatoes at a small factory.
(c) She works at the airport.
(d) She is a waitress.

4. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?
(a) Maria La Arrocera.
(b) Olga Sanchez Martinez.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez .
(d) Guillermina Galvez Lopez.

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

6. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.
(b) He is going to get a job and buy a home.
(c) He is going to marry María Isabel.
(d) He is going to go find his mother.

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

8. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?
(a) Female immigrants needed to get away from their children.
(b) The United States government welcomed female immigrants.
(c) The United States' need for cheap service and domestic workers.
(d) Female immigrants could easily come to the United States.

9. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?
(a) The Train of Despair.
(b) The Train of Death.
(c) The Train That Devours.
(d) The Train of Distance.

10. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?
(a) Miguel Rellana.
(b) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(c) Carlos Carrasco.
(d) Sirenio Gómez Fuentes.

11. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 48,000.

12. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?
(a) She goes back to Honduras.
(b) She catches a flight to Miami.
(c) Her smuggler leaves her.
(d) She goes to work in the airport.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Santos?

4. What habit does Enrique develop?

5. What does Enrique lose in the assault?

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