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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enrique do to escape his attackers?
(a) He screams for help.
(b) He hides.
(c) He crawls inside a box car.
(d) He jumps from the moving train.

2. What do María Isabel and a friend decide in Chapter 2 that they are going to do?
(a) They will forget about Enrique and move on.
(b) The will tell la migra to find Enrique.
(c) They will call United States Customs and have them send Enrique back.
(d) The two of them will journey to the United States together.

3. How old is Diana when Santos returns to Lourdes?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

4. After Díaz decides to help Enrique, he turns him over to his driver. On the way to the doctor, the are approached by a municipal officer. What startles Enrique about this encounter?
(a) He knows the officer from Honduras.
(b) The officer is one of Enrique's relatives.
(c) He saw the officer on the train.
(d) He was robbed by the same policeman the day before.

5. How long does Lourdes plan to stay in the United States?
(a) She plans to stay for one year.
(b) She plans to stay forever.
(c) She plans to stay for six months.
(d) She plans to stay for five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enrique have on his shins in Chapter 3?

2. Enrique's grandmother writes a letter to Lourdes. What does it say?

3. Who does Mayor Carrasco ask for help?

4. Why does the gangster sleeping next to Enrique in Chapter 3 whisper, "wake up?"

5. What other nickname does Nazario share for the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Enrique stay at the cemetery in Chapter 3? How is this individual described?

2. What are madrinas and what is the concern regarding them?

3. How does the author introduce the theme of family in the book's Prologue?

4. Why is Chiapas referred to as the beast by the migrants?

5. What happens when Enrique takes a ride from a passing driver in Chapter 2?

6. Who is Minor and what information is related from him in the Prologue?

7. How is Enrique treated by Carlos Carrasco when he arrives in his town in Chapter 2?

8. How is Enrique treated by the locals after his injuries are treated in Chapter 2?

9. How old is Lourdes when she leaves her children? Why does she leave them?

10. What dangers do female migrants face and how do they address those dangers?

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