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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 old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.
2. What does the mayor in Chapter 2 do for Enrique?
(a) He has him sent back to Honduras.
(b) He takes him to jail.
(c) He calls his mother so she can come get him.
(d) He drags out a wooden church pew for Enrique to lie down.
3. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.
4. What IS NOT one of the dangers associated with the train tracks in Chiapas?
(a) The rail ties sink in the rainy season.
(b) The tracks are 20 years old.
(c) They are new and allow trains to go fast.
(d) Grass grows over the rails
5. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?
(a) 25% .
(b) 100%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 60%.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many estimated children enter the United States illegally without either parent?
2. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?
3. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"
4. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
5. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Enrique captured during his first attempt to travel north?
2. What does Guillermina Galvez Lopez relate to the author in Chapter 3?
3. What does Sonia Nazario learn about her housekeeper that leads her to write this book?
4. Who is Minor and what information is related from him in the Prologue?
5. How is Enrique treated by the locals after his injuries are treated in Chapter 2?
6. What plans did Sonia Nazario make for her research journey before setting out?
7. What has led to Enrique’s injuries in the opening of Chapter 2?
8. What does Enrique do upon arriving at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico?
9. When does Enrique begin working? What does he do? Why must he work?
10. Who are the majority of the migrants who brave riding on the trains? Why?
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