View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Enrique do when the migra agents spot him on top of the train in Chapter 3?
(a) He surrenders to la migra.
(b) He and some friends fight back.
(c) He hides.
(d) He leaps from car to car, and then leaps off the train.

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

4. 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) It is time to go catch the train.
(c) A truck full of municipal police have arrived at the cemetery.
(d) He wants to talk.

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

6. What do migrants call Chiapas?
(a) They call it the promise land.
(b) They call it the easy part of the journey.
(c) They call it a place they love.
(d) They call it the beast.

7. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?
(a) She spent two years.
(b) She spent one year.
(c) She spent three weeks.
(d) She spent six months.

8. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?
(a) Lourdes needs to come home.
(b) She is very sick, and she might not survive.
(c) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.
(d) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.

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

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

11. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a butcher.
(c) He is a money changer.
(d) He is a local politician.

12. To what gang does the gangster belong that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) The Los Antrax gang.
(b) The Beltrán-Leyva gang.
(c) The Mara Salvatrucha gang.
(d) The Gulf Cartel.

13. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?
(a) She worries the smuggler might try to marry one of them.
(b) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(c) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.
(d) She worries the smuggler would hurt or abandon them.

14. 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.

15. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of migrants who board the train are children?

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

3. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?

4. Why is Enrique assaulted?

5. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 675 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample