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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 migrants do with their clothing as they cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) They sell them to border patrol.
(b) They burn them.
(c) They throw them in the river.
(d) They put them into plastic bags.

2. How many migrants have died in 2000 alone crossing the river where Enrique crosses in Chapter 6?
(a) 23.
(b) 35.
(c) 68.
(d) 54.

3. In Chapter 4, how many businesses in the area give to help migrants?
(a) None of them.
(b) 1 out of 2.
(c) All of them.
(d) 4 out of 5.

4. On what date does Enrique await crossing the border in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) April 6, 2001.
(b) May 21, 2000.
(c) March 12, 2004.
(d) June 4, 1999.

5. In what year do Bekly and Lourdes both get married?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Enrique not turn to God for help?

3. With whom does Maria Isabel live while raising her daughter in Chapter 7?

4. In what year did El Trinidaro's body show up in Nuevo Laredo?

5. Why does Enrique consider agreeing to deportation in the Epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items does Enrique obtain in Orizaba? Why are they important?

2. What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique's family in Chapter 7?

3. What happens when Enrique is arrested in Jacksonville, Florida? Where is he taken?

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

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

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

7. Who is Don Francisco? What role does he play in the narrative?

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

9. How does Nazario help Enrique's family after his arrest?

10. How is Enrique's reunion with his mother described in Chapter 6?

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