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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 gangs control the tops of freight trains that operate north of the Río Suchiate?
(a) 56.
(b) 100.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.
2. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?
(a) Lourdes must find Enrique another home.
(b) Lourdes needs to come home.
(c) Enrique is a joy, and she is excited to have him staying with her.
(d) She is very sick, and she might not survive.
3. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a butcher.
(c) He is a money changer.
(d) He is a local politician.
4. What does Enrique do when the migra agents spot him on top of the train in Chapter 3?
(a) He surrenders to la migra.
(b) He and some friends fight back.
(c) He hides.
(d) He leaps from car to car, and then leaps off the train.
5. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?
(a) They are where most people ride.
(b) The ladder does not go all the way to the top.
(c) They are too tall.
(d) There is nothing to hold on to on top.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?
2. How long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?
3. Who is the gangster that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
4. 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?
5. To what gang does the gangster belong that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the genre of this book. How is that genre presented stylistically?
2. How was Enrique captured in each of his previous attempts to travel north, according to the author in Chapter 2?
3. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?
4. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?
5. What dangers do female migrants face and how do they address those dangers?
6. What does Sonia Nazario learn about her housekeeper that leads her to write this book?
7. What does Enrique do upon arriving at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico?
8. How does Enrique escape apprehension when he reaches La Arrocera in Chapter 3?
9. Why is Chiapas referred to as the beast by the migrants?
10. With whom does Enrique stay at the cemetery in Chapter 3? How is this individual described?
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