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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. The U Visa allows illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. if they do what?
(a) Married an American citizen.
(b) Agree to spend five years in prison.
(c) Testify against crimes they have witnessed.
(d) Paid taxes for employment for ten years.

2. In schools, how many children are an immigrant or the child of one, according to the author in the Afterword?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in eight.
(c) One in five.
(d) One in four.

3. In the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, what does Enrique receive?
(a) Depression.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Hoplessness.

4. Where is Enrique arrested in the Epilogue?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Fort Knox.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Miami.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why do migrants hope to cross this area during the day along this part of the journey?

2. What caused the church members in Chapter 4 to begin helping migrants?

3. Why do gang members prey on the immigrants in Enrique's neighborhood in Florida?

4. How long after Maria Isabel's arrival in Florida do they send for Isabel to be smuggled over?

5. When did the case of The United States created the U Visa come to trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Enrique go about obtaining his mother's phone number in Chapter 5?

3. What robbery does Jasmin witness? Where does the robbery take place?

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

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

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

7. What leads Maria Isabel to move back to her mother's home? How does this move affect her?

8. What protest at Nogales city hall is described in Chapter 4? What was the cause for the protest?

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

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

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