View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Enrique lose in the assault?
(a) He loses his friend.
(b) He loses his sister.
(c) He loses his bible.
(d) He loses his mother's phone number.

4. How does Enrique behave at school?
(a) He studies hard to make his mother proud.
(b) He is the perfect student.
(c) He makes straight As.
(d) He is a troublemaker.

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

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

7. 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 leaps from car to car, and then leaps off the train.
(c) He and some friends fight back.
(d) He hides.

8. 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.

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

10. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?
(a) They find their mothers.
(b) They go to college in the United States.
(c) They become United States citizens.
(d) They do not make it.

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

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

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

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

15. 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 a safe place.
(c) It is known as the most dreaded immigration checkpoint in Mexico.
(d) It is known as a place where migrants will be helped.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?

3. What do the bandits do once the day's robberies are over?

4. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?

5. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 664 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample