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

2. How many derailments does Enrique's train average a month?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. What IS NOT one of the dangers associated with the train tracks in Chiapas?
(a) They are new and allow trains to go fast.
(b) Grass grows over the rails
(c) The rail ties sink in the rainy season.
(d) The tracks are 20 years old.

4. What allows Enrique to sleep behind the black iron gates in Chapter 3?
(a) He pays them.
(b) He has a relationship with one of the members of a gang.
(c) He is a kid, so they want to protect him.
(d) He has been there so many times they just allow him to come inside.

5. Why is Enrique assaulted?
(a) The men rob him.
(b) He has made other migrants angry.
(c) The police are angry because he's trying to get across the border.
(d) His family has caught up with him, and they want to hurt him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Enrique escape la migra?

2. How much money per month does Lourdes pay to live in a converted carport?

3. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?

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

5. What does Enrique lose in the assault?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With whom does Lourdes leave her children? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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