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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 does Enrique do after making it off the train?
(a) He flags down the next train.
(b) He sleeps under a mango tree for 12 hours.
(c) He asks for help from la migra.
(d) He stays with a family to recuperate.

2. How many families live in the hamlet of Las Anonas?
(a) 50.
(b) 36.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

3. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to get a job and buy a home.
(b) He is going to go find his mother.
(c) He is going to marry María Isabel.
(d) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.

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

5. Who is Diana?
(a) Diana is Lourdes' colleague.
(b) Diana is Lourdes' friend.
(c) Diana is Lourdes' boss.
(d) Diana is Lourdes' daughter with Santos.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?

2. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?

3. What happens to most children who set out on the journey to find their mothers?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?

5. Who is the field worker that discovers Enrique stumbling in a field?

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