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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the police do after they raid the cemetery?
(a) They take Enrique and the migrants to jail.
(b) They assault Enrique and the migrants.
(c) They let Enrique and the migrants go.
(d) They call the migrants' mothers.

3. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

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

5. What is they nickname Nazario uses for the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Freedom Alley.
(b) Freedom Express.
(c) Dream Chaser.
(d) The Iron Worm.

6. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?
(a) They plan to email them once they make it across the U.S. border.
(b) They will call home and ask relatives to give them an address.
(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.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?
(a) He goes back home.
(b) He gets a job in Oaxaca, Mexico.
(c) He arrives in America.
(d) He wanders into Las Anonas bleeding and hurt.

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

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

10. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?
(a) They are fired.
(b) They are promoted.
(c) They are awarded the Medal of Honor.
(d) They receive repeated death threats.

11. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?
(a) He does it because he has a son Enrique's age.
(b) He feels like it's his calling to help migrants.
(c) He does it as a favor for Mayor Carrasco.
(d) Diaz knows that burying Enrique would cost more than taking him to the local doctor.

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

13. 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 might try to marry one of them.
(c) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(d) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.

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

15. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
(a) They try to cross in Oaxaca.
(b) They try to cross In Chiapas.
(c) They try to cross in Vera Cruz.
(d) They try to cross in Técun Umán.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enrique do after making it off the train?

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

3. What does Enrique lose in the assault?

4. What do migrants call Chiapas?

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

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