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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. Where is Diana working when she is robbed in the Epilogue?
(a) A telephone plan store.
(b) A computer store.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A department store.

2. How have immigration policies in the U.S. generally trended in the past few decades?
(a) They have become stricter.
(b) They have slightly changed to benefit immigrants.
(c) They have become more lax.
(d) They have not changed.

3. How do Enrique and the other migrants cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) On an inner tube.
(b) On a kayak.
(c) On a fishing boat.
(d) On a motorboat.

4. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?
(a) La migra.
(b) The local police.
(c) Enrique.
(d) The local bishop, Hipólito Reyes Larios.

5. What is the first job Enrique gets in America?
(a) Stock boy.
(b) House painter.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enrique's mother give him for Christmas in Chapter 7?

2. How many other migrants are crossing the border with Enrique and El Trinidaro in Chapter 6?

3. Approximately how many illegal children are living in the U.S., according to Nazario in the Afterword?

4. Enrique's mother demands that he stop doing what or he must leave the house in Chapter 7?

5. How does Maria Isabel reach the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Enrique is captured sleeping on the Texas-bound train in Chapter 4, what do the police do to him?

2. How is Maria Isabel transported into the U.S.?

3. What hypocrisy between Mexican and U.S. immigration policies is pointed out in Chapter 4?

4. What do the police do when they capture Enrique outside of Cordoba?

5. How does Enrique ultimately avoid deportation?

6. What about Belky's childhood does Enrique resent?

7. What problems arise with Enrique and Maria Isabel in the Epilogue?

8. What convinces Maria Isabel to finally come to the U.S.?

9. What is Enrique's relationship to the brick maker? What advice does the brick maker give Enrique?

10. Who is Hipolito Reyes Larios and what is his role in the narrative?

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