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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Facing the Beast".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many attempts has Enrique made to get to the United States?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

3. Why is Enrique assaulted?
(a) His family has caught up with him, and they want to hurt him.
(b) The police are angry because he's trying to get across the border.
(c) The men rob him.
(d) He has made other migrants angry.

4. What do the police do after they raid the cemetery?
(a) They take Enrique and the migrants to jail.
(b) They assault Enrique and the migrants.
(c) They let Enrique and the migrants go.
(d) They call the migrants' mothers.

5. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?
(a) A bathrobe.
(b) A pair of overalls.
(c) A wooden bucket.
(d) Only underwear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?

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

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

4. La Arrocera is known as what among the migrants?

5. How does Enrique behave at school?

(see the answer key)

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