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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. What do the bandits do once the day's robberies are over?
(a) They go to the police station to share their loot.
(b) They go to Huixtla to drink and visit prostitutes.
(c) They go to work at their night shift jobs.
(d) They go home to their families.

2. How much does the average medical treatment cost for migrants when they are hurt?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $1,000-1,500.
(c) $500.
(d) $5,000.

3. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?
(a) They drove.
(b) They took an airplane.
(c) They took a bus.
(d) They road the top of trains.

4. On average, how many migrant girls are sexually assaulted during their journey?
(a) 1:10.
(b) 1:500.
(c) 1:6.
(d) 1:100.

5. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?
(a) 25% .
(b) 100%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?

4. How many derailments does Enrique's train average a month?

5. Why is Enrique careful not to fall asleep on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has led to Enrique’s injuries in the opening of Chapter 2?

2. How was Enrique captured in each of his previous attempts to travel north, according to the author in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. How is Enrique treated by the locals after his injuries are treated in Chapter 2?

6. Who are the majority of the migrants who brave riding on the trains? Why?

7. How does Enrique escape apprehension when he reaches La Arrocera in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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