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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. Who is Lourdes' sister that calls her to criticize about Maria Isabel in Chapter 7?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Mirian.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rachel.

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

3. When does Enrique promise to Maria Isabel that he will return home in Chapter 7?
(a) Within six months.
(b) Within two years.
(c) Within six years.
(d) Within one year.

4. Why does Enrique consider agreeing to deportation in the Epilogue?
(a) Because he might see his family faster by sneaking back into the U.S.
(b) Because his mother has encouraged him to return home.
(c) Because he hates his wife.
(d) Because he has another girlfriend and another daughter in Honduras.

5. Approximately how many illegal children are living in the U.S., according to Nazario in the Afterword?
(a) 450,000.
(b) 2.3 million.
(c) 1.7 million.
(d) 1.2 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first job Enrique gets in America?

3. In what year does Belky tell her mother she is pregnant for the first time?

4. What is one of the main issues that teachers must deal with regarding immigrant children, according to the author in the Afterword?

5. In schools, how many children are an immigrant or the child of one, according to the author in the Afterword?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What vices does Enrique engage in throughout the narrative? What problems do they cause him?

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

7. How is the apartment complex where Enrique's family lives described in the Epilogue?

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

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

10. Where does Enrique arrive after crossing the border into the U.S.? Where is he taken next and by whom?

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