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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "A Dark River, Perhaps a New Life" - Chapter 7: "The Girl Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are madrinas?
(a) They are men who help migrants.
(b) They are migrants themselves
(c) They are local priests.
(d) They are men who threaten migrants with machetes.

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

3. Who is the gangster that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack the Knife.
(b) Smarty.
(c) Big Jack.
(d) Big Daddy.

4. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?
(a) They are awarded the Medal of Honor.
(b) They are promoted.
(c) They receive repeated death threats.
(d) They are fired.

5. To whom does the field worker that discovers him direct Enrique?
(a) He directs him to la migra.
(b) He directs him to Carlos Carrasco.
(c) He directs him to a migrant camp.
(d) He directs him to his home where he helps him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many migrants have died in 2000 alone crossing the river where Enrique crosses in Chapter 6?

2. How many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?

3. How do Enrique and the other migrants cross the river in Chapter 6?

4. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

5. What long-term effect may Enrique have from his concussion in Chapter 2?

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