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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Chapter 1: "The Boy Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?
(a) He goes to live with María Isabel.
(b) He goes to live with his Uncle Marco.
(c) He goes to live by himself.
(d) He goes to live with a friend.

2. What fueled the wave of female immigrants' entry into the United States?
(a) Female immigrants could easily come to the United States.
(b) The United States government welcomed female immigrants.
(c) The United States' need for cheap service and domestic workers.
(d) Female immigrants needed to get away from their children.

3. Who is Santos?
(a) Santos is a colleague.
(b) Santos is a neighbor.
(c) Santos is Lourdes' boyfriend from Honduras.
(d) Santos is Lourdes' boss.

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

5. What happens to Lourdes when she arrives in Los Angeles?
(a) She catches a flight to Miami.
(b) Her smuggler leaves her.
(c) She goes back to Honduras.
(d) She goes to work in the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?

2. How much money per month does Lourdes pay to live in a converted carport?

3. What is the average age of the child caught by the Border Patrol?

4. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

5. How long did Sonia Nazario spend traveling in Honduras, Mexico, and the United States for the book?

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