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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. Why does Diaz decide to help Enrique?
(a) He does it as a favor for Mayor Carrasco.
(b) Diaz knows that burying Enrique would cost more than taking him to the local doctor.
(c) He feels like it's his calling to help migrants.
(d) He does it because he has a son Enrique's age.

2. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?
(a) They plan to email them once they make it across the U.S. border.
(b) They will call home and ask relatives to give them an address.
(c) They will ask an officer for help at the immigration check point.
(d) They carry their mother's phone numbers with them on their journey.

3. What do María Isabel and a friend decide in Chapter 2 that they are going to do?
(a) The will tell la migra to find Enrique.
(b) They will call United States Customs and have them send Enrique back.
(c) They will forget about Enrique and move on.
(d) The two of them will journey to the United States together.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what happens to Enrique?
(a) He goes back home.
(b) He arrives in America.
(c) He gets a job in Oaxaca, Mexico.
(d) He wanders into Las Anonas bleeding and hurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Belky live when her mother leaves?

3. Who is Diana?

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

5. What does Enrique do to escape his attackers?

(see the answer key)

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