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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "A Dark River, Perhaps a New Life" - Chapter 7: "The Girl Left Behind".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Enrique escape la migra?
(a) He bribes them.
(b) He beats up the officers and runs.
(c) He walks out the front door.
(d) He climbs on top of a bicycle and jumps the wall.

3. How much more money do the smugglers ask Enrique's mother for after he crosses the border?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $400.

4. Why does Enrique express resentment regarding his sister's circumstances growing up in comparison with his own?
(a) She got an education.
(b) She got married to a rich man young.
(c) She was allowed to stay up late.
(d) She was sent to the United States.

5. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?
(a) Enrique.
(b) The local police.
(c) The local bishop, Hipólito Reyes Larios.
(d) La migra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Enrique hope to save and then move home and build a house and start a business in Chapter 7?

2. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

3. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?

4. According to Nazario, how many immigrants enter the United States illegally each year?

5. Who is the doctor that sees Enrique in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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