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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. In Chapter 4, how many businesses in the area give to help migrants?
(a) None of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) 1 out of 2.
(d) 4 out of 5.

2. To whom does the priest, Ignacio Villanueva Areteaga, point as another refugee?
(a) Enrique.
(b) Himself.
(c) His family.
(d) The baby Jesus.

3. What does Enrique decide he is going to do after he robs his family?
(a) He is going to go find his mother.
(b) He is going to apologize to his grandmother and move back home.
(c) He is going to marry María Isabel.
(d) He is going to get a job and buy a home.

4. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?
(a) Never ride alone.
(b) Do not take buses.
(c) You should count on the police, locals, and la migra for help.
(d) Do not trust anyone in authority and beware even the ordinary residents.

5. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?
(a) He goes to live with María Isabel.
(b) He goes to live with a friend.
(c) He goes to live with his Uncle Marco.
(d) He goes to live by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?

2. What is the first job Enrique gets in America?

3. How many gangs control the tops of freight trains that operate north of the Río Suchiate?

4. In Chapter 2, it is March 24, 2000. How long has Enrique been without his mom?

5. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?

(see the answer key)

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