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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. What can happen to migrants when boxcars are locked from the outside?
(a) People can access water from inside.
(b) People can ask for help from the conductor if conditions are uncomfortable.
(c) People can open the windows for ventilation.
(d) People can overheat, suffocate, and die.

2. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?
(a) The Train of Distance.
(b) The Train of Despair.
(c) The Train of Death.
(d) The Train That Devours.

3. Why are boxcars dangerous to ride atop?
(a) There is nothing to hold on to on top.
(b) They are where most people ride.
(c) They are too tall.
(d) The ladder does not go all the way to the top.

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

5. 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 marry María Isabel.
(c) He is going to go find his mother.
(d) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Santos?

2. Where does Enrique sleep after the doctor is finished with him?

3. How old is the gangster who sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

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

5. Where does Enrique live when his initially mother leaves?

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