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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?
(a) Guillermina Galvez Lopez.
(b) Maria La Arrocera.
(c) Karla Yamileth Chavez .
(d) Olga Sanchez Martinez.

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

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

4. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to marry María Isabel.
(b) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.
(c) He is going to go find his mother.
(d) He is going to get a job and buy a home.

5. What long-term effect may Enrique have from his concussion in Chapter 2?
(a) Loss of vision.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) A drooping eyelid.

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

7. What does Enrique do to escape his attackers?
(a) He screams for help.
(b) He jumps from the moving train.
(c) He crawls inside a box car.
(d) He hides.

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

9. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?
(a) He lives with a friend.
(b) He lives with his father, Luis.
(c) He lives with his mother.
(d) He lives with Belky.

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

11. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?
(a) The Train of Death.
(b) The Train of Distance.
(c) The Train of Despair.
(d) The Train That Devours.

12. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?
(a) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(b) Sirenio Gómez Fuentes.
(c) Miguel Rellana.
(d) Carlos Carrasco.

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

14. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?
(a) The United States government welcomed female immigrants.
(b) Female immigrants needed to get away from their children.
(c) Female immigrants could easily come to the United States.
(d) The United States' need for cheap service and domestic workers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After Díaz decides to help Enrique, he turns him over to his driver. On the way to the doctor, the are approached by a municipal officer. What startles Enrique about this encounter?

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

5. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?

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