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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 caused the church members in Chapter 4 to begin helping migrants?
(a) They were ordered to by their priest.
(b) They were distressed about how migrants were treated by the local police.
(c) They were asked to help by the migrants' families.
(d) They needed an outreach project.

2. What does Maria Isabel lose in the river in Chapter 8?
(a) A photo of her daughter.
(b) A photo of the family farm.
(c) A photo of her husband.
(d) A photo of her mother.

3. On what days does Enrique call Maria Isabel?
(a) Tuesdays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Saturdays.

4. Who is the Spanish television personality that invites Lourdes and Enrique to appear on his show?
(a) Marco Antonio Zablah.
(b) Sirenio Gomez Fuentes.
(c) Rosa Amalia.
(d) Don Francisco.

5. Who is Lourdes' sister that calls her to criticize about Maria Isabel in Chapter 7?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Mirian.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jasmin do that allows Enrique to stay in the U.S.?

2. From the top of the rolling freight car in Chapter 4, what does Enrique see?

3. Why does María del Carmen Ortega García help migrants?

4. How are the residents of Mexico City described in their behavior toward the migrants?

5. By April 2000, how far has Enrique made it in his journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Enrique is captured sleeping on the Texas-bound train in Chapter 4, what do the police do to him?

2. How does Nazario help Enrique's family after his arrest?

3. What hypocrisy between Mexican and U.S. immigration policies is pointed out in Chapter 4?

4. How does irony play out in the narrative in Chapter 6?

5. What is Enrique's relationship to the brick maker? What advice does the brick maker give Enrique?

6. How does Enrique go about obtaining his mother's phone number in Chapter 5?

7. Who is Don Francisco? What role does he play in the narrative?

8. What about Belky's childhood does Enrique resent?

9. How does El Tirindaro get Enrique across the border to the U.S.?

10. What happens when Enrique is arrested in Jacksonville, Florida? Where is he taken?

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