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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enrique lose in the assault?
(a) He loses his sister.
(b) He loses his bible.
(c) He loses his friend.
(d) He loses his mother's phone number.

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

3. Who is the mayor of San Pedro Taanatepec?
(a) Adan Diaz Ruiz.
(b) Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(c) Carlos Carrasco.
(d) Guillermo Toledo Montes.

4. What is Lourdes' first job in the United States?
(a) She sorts tomatoes at a small factory.
(b) She is a waitress.
(c) She is a nanny.
(d) She works at the airport.

5. How does Belky react to her mother's disappearance?
(a) She does not even notice.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is glad she is gone.
(d) She is devastated, but she knows she should be thankful to her mother for being willing to go.

6. Why is one reason the people of Chiapas ARE NOT fed up with Central American migrants?
(a) They are afraid the gunfire from la migra will hit them.
(b) They are poorer than Mexicans and ignorant.
(c) They contribute to the local economy.
(d) They are bring disease, prostitution, and crime.

7. How many gangs control the tops of freight trains that operate north of the Río Suchiate?
(a) 56.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

8. Who is Diana?
(a) Diana is Lourdes' friend.
(b) Diana is Lourdes' colleague.
(c) Diana is Lourdes' daughter with Santos.
(d) Diana is Lourdes' boss.

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

10. What does Enrique say he plans to do once he is released from the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) He plans to get on another train.
(b) He plans to go home.
(c) He plans to try to call his mother.
(d) He plans to stay in Las Anonas.

11. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?
(a) They try to cross In Chiapas.
(b) They try to cross in Oaxaca.
(c) They try to cross in Vera Cruz.
(d) They try to cross in Técun Umán.

12. Why does Lourdes fear having a smuggler get her childen over the border?
(a) She worries the smuggler would sell them into child trafficking.
(b) She worries the smuggler might try to marry one of them.
(c) She worries the smuggler would swindle them.
(d) She worries the smuggler would hurt or abandon them.

13. With whom does Maria Isabel love when she meets Enrique?
(a) Her sister Anna.
(b) Her Uncle Pedro.
(c) Her Aunt Gloria.
(d) Her mother Maria Ana.

14. Who are madrinas?
(a) They are local priests.
(b) They are men who help migrants.
(c) They are men who threaten migrants with machetes.
(d) They are migrants themselves

15. Who is the doctor that sees Enrique in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Guillermo Toledo Montes.
(b) Dr. Carlos Carrasco
(c) Dr. Karla Yamileth Chavez.
(d) Dr. Adan Diaz Ruiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. On average, how many migrant girls are sexually assaulted during their journey?

2. Who is the gangster that sleeps next to Enrique in Chapter 3?

3. What percentage of migrants who board the train are children?

4. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?

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

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