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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. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?
(a) All of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(b) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(c) Four out of five are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(d) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted

2. What does Enrique do after making it off the train?
(a) He sleeps under a mango tree for 12 hours.
(b) He flags down the next train.
(c) He asks for help from la migra.
(d) He stays with a family to recuperate.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Enrique assaulted?

2. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?

3. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

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

5. How many migrants did Díaz bury in the last 18 months?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With whom does Enrique stay at the cemetery in Chapter 3? How is this individual described?

3. What advice does the doctor give Enrique in Chapter 2?

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

5. Why has Enrique not traveled in the company of gangsters on his current trip in Chapter 3?

6. What happens when Enrique takes a ride from a passing driver in Chapter 2?

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

8. How is Enrique treated by Carlos Carrasco when he arrives in his town in Chapter 2?

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

10. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?

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