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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. Of the children who enter the U.S. illegally, what percentage are looking for their mothers?
(a) 10%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 25%.

2. What is they nickname Nazario uses for the train in Chapter 3?
(a) The Iron Worm.
(b) Freedom Express.
(c) Freedom Alley.
(d) Dream Chaser.

3. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?
(a) They do not value education.
(b) They have them watch siblings, work, or beg.
(c) They want to homeschool them.
(d) They like to have them home to spend time with them.

4. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?
(a) Only underwear.
(b) A wooden bucket.
(c) A bathrobe.
(d) A pair of overalls.

5. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?
(a) Guillermina Galvez Lopez.
(b) Karla Yamileth Chavez .
(c) Olga Sanchez Martinez.
(d) Maria La Arrocera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?

2. What does Enrique do to escape his attackers?

3. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?

4. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

5. María Isabel does not feel well, which causes her to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss the genre of this book. How is that genre presented stylistically?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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