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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?
(a) She plans to stay for five years.
(b) She plans to stay for six months.
(c) She plans to stay for one year.
(d) She plans to stay forever.

2. How many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?
(a) 36.
(b) 75.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

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

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

5. 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.

6. La Arrocera is known as what among the migrants?
(a) It is known as the best stop along the journey.
(b) It is known as the most dreaded immigration checkpoint in Mexico.
(c) It is known as a place where migrants will be helped.
(d) It is known as a safe place.

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

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

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

10. Who is Diana?
(a) Diana is Lourdes' friend.
(b) Diana is Lourdes' colleague.
(c) Diana is Lourdes' boss.
(d) Diana is Lourdes' daughter with Santos.

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

12. 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.

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

14. What do the bandits do once the day's robberies are over?
(a) They go to the police station to share their loot.
(b) They go to work at their night shift jobs.
(c) They go home to their families.
(d) They go to Huixtla to drink and visit prostitutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Enrique assaulted?

2. In Chapter 2, it is March 24, 2000. How long has Enrique been without his mom?

3. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

4. What do María Isabel and a friend decide in Chapter 2 that they are going to do?

5. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?

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