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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) None of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted
(b) Four out of five are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(c) All of them are robbed, beaten, or extorted.
(d) One out of three are robbed, beaten, or extorted.

2. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

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

4. How many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?
(a) 100.
(b) 36.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

5. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"

2. Who is Santos?

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. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?

5. Who does Mayor Carrasco ask for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lourdes' journey into the United States described?

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

3. What dangers do female migrants face and how do they address those dangers?

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

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

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

7. How old is Lourdes when she leaves her children? Why does she leave them?

8. Where is Enrique's family from? How is this setting described?

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

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

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