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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Seeking Mercy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?
(a) She sorts tomatoes at a small factory.
(b) She is a nanny.
(c) She works at the airport.
(d) She is a waitress.

2. How did most of the immigrants Nazario talked to make it to the U.S.?
(a) They road the top of trains.
(b) They drove.
(c) They took a bus.
(d) They took an airplane.

3. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?
(a) He lives with his father, Luis.
(b) He lives with his mother.
(c) He lives with a friend.
(d) He lives with Belky.

4. What happens to Santos?
(a) Santos stays home to help care for the baby.
(b) Santos is deported to Honduras and is never heard from again.
(c) Santos moves across the United States.
(d) Santos marries Lourdes.

5. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?
(a) They do not value education.
(b) They want to homeschool them.
(c) They like to have them home to spend time with them.
(d) They have them watch siblings, work, or beg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Central American immigrants get help from a smuggler?

2. Why is Enrique assaulted?

3. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?

4. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?

5. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?

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