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

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

3. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?
(a) There is nothing to hold on to on top.
(b) They are too tall.
(c) They are where most people ride.
(d) The ladder does not go all the way to the top.

4. On average, how many migrant girls are sexually assaulted during their journey?
(a) 1:6.
(b) 1:100.
(c) 1:10.
(d) 1:500.

5. What happens to Santos?
(a) Santos moves across the United States.
(b) Santos stays home to help care for the baby.
(c) Santos marries Lourdes.
(d) Santos is deported to Honduras and is never heard from again.

6. How much does the average medical treatment cost for migrants when they are hurt?
(a) $1,000-1,500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $10,000.

7. Who is the gangster that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack the Knife.
(b) Big Daddy.
(c) Smarty.
(d) Big Jack.

8. What does María Isabel pray?
(a) She prays she is pregnant with twins.
(b) She prays she is not pregnant.
(c) She prays that Mexican Immigration authorities will catch Enrique and bring him back to Honduras.
(d) She prays she can join Enrique on his journey.

9. With whom does Belky live when her mother leaves?
(a) She lives with her grandmother.
(b) She lives with a friend.
(c) She lives with her family.
(d) She lives with an aunt.

10. What does Enrique have on his shins in Chapter 3?
(a) He has scars from boarding moving trains.
(b) He has his mother's phone number.
(c) He has poison ivy.
(d) He has long socks.

11. Why is Enrique careful not to fall asleep on the train?
(a) He is afraid he will fall off.
(b) He does not want to miss the scenery.
(c) He is watching out for wildlife.
(d) He is afraid he will miss his stop.

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

13. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 700,000.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

2. On average, how many migrants do Ariaga's Red Cross workers retrieve?

3. What do the police do after they raid the cemetery?

4. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?

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

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