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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "A Mother's Embrace," Epilogue: "Two Promises," Afterword: "Immigrant Nation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the youngest child Enrique has encountered on the trains?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

2. How much money does Enrique hope to save and then move home and build a house and start a business in Chapter 7?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $70,000.

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

4. What is Marco Antonio Zablah's job?
(a) He is a money changer.
(b) He is a policeman.
(c) He is a local politician.
(d) He is a butcher.

5. What is one of the main issues that teachers must deal with regarding immigrant children, according to the author in the Afterword?
(a) They are often too poor to wear decent clothing to school.
(b) They harbor resentment which spills over into behavior problems.
(c) They do not understand the language or culture in the U.S.
(d) There is racial bias against the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maria Isabel live while raising her daughter in Chapter 7?

2. To whom does the priest, Ignacio Villanueva Areteaga, point as another refugee?

3. In schools, how many children are an immigrant or the child of one, according to the author in the Afterword?

4. How do children traveling to the United States plan to find their mothers?

5. Because of police brutality toward migrants, the people of El Campesino El Mirador told the mayor of Nogales to do what?

(see the answer key)

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