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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 kills him.
(d) He drives him to the train.

4. What do María Isabel and a friend decide in Chapter 2 that they are going to do?
(a) The two of them will journey to the United States together.
(b) They will forget about Enrique and move on.
(c) The will tell la migra to find Enrique.
(d) They will call United States Customs and have them send Enrique back.

5. What habit does Enrique develop?
(a) He becomes addicted to sniffing glue.
(b) He pulls at his hair.
(c) He bites his nails.
(d) He stutters.

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

7. What allows Enrique to sleep behind the black iron gates in Chapter 3?
(a) He has a relationship with one of the members of a gang.
(b) He pays them.
(c) He has been there so many times they just allow him to come inside.
(d) He is a kid, so they want to protect him.

8. Why is one reason the people of Chiapas ARE NOT fed up with Central American migrants?
(a) They are bring disease, prostitution, and crime.
(b) They are poorer than Mexicans and ignorant.
(c) They contribute to the local economy.
(d) They are afraid the gunfire from la migra will hit them.

9. What does Enrique do after making it off the train?
(a) He sleeps under a mango tree for 12 hours.
(b) He stays with a family to recuperate.
(c) He flags down the next train.
(d) He asks for help from la migra.

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

11. In Chapter 2, it is March 24, 2000. How long has Enrique been without his mom?
(a) He has been without her for five years.
(b) He has been without her for his entire life.
(c) He has been without her for two years.
(d) He has been without her for 11 years.

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

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

14. What does Enrique say he plans to do once he is released from the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) He plans to get on another train.
(b) He plans to try to call his mother.
(c) He plans to stay in Las Anonas.
(d) He plans to go home.

15. 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) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.
(b) He knows the officer from Honduras.
(c) He saw the officer on the train.
(d) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many derailments does Enrique's train average a month?

2. What does the mayor in Chapter 2 do for Enrique?

3. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?

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

5. What does María Isabel pray?

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