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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.
(d) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?
(a) He drives him to the Rio Grande.
(b) He drives him to the train.
(c) He takes Enrique to a migrant checkpoint and turns him over.
(d) He kills him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?

2. Who is the gangster that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

3. How does Enrique behave at school?

4. How many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Enrique do upon arriving at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico?

2. What does Sonia Nazario learn about her housekeeper that leads her to write this book?

3. What does Guillermina Galvez Lopez relate to the author in Chapter 3?

4. How was Enrique captured during his first attempt to travel north?

5. What are the extent of Enrique's injuries in Chapter 2? Who treats him?

6. When does Enrique begin working? What does he do? Why must he work?

7. With whom does Lourdes leave her children? Why?

8. Why is Chiapas referred to as the beast by the migrants?

9. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?

10. What plans did Sonia Nazario make for her research journey before setting out?

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