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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. How does Enrique escape la migra?
(a) He beats up the officers and runs.
(b) He climbs on top of a bicycle and jumps the wall.
(c) He walks out the front door.
(d) He bribes them.

2. What is the youngest child Enrique has encountered on the trains?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

3. What happens to María's plan to go after Enrique?
(a) Enrique comes home, so she does not have to go find him.
(b) She does not have the money to go.
(c) Her friend backs out.
(d) She is talked out of it by her family.

4. What does Enrique say he plans to do once he is released from the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) He plans to go home.
(b) He plans to stay in Las Anonas.
(c) He plans to try to call his mother.
(d) He plans to get on another train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Enrique hope to save and then move home and build a house and start a business in Chapter 7?

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

3. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"

4. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?

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

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