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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 Jasmin do that allows Enrique to stay in the U.S.?
(a) Agrees to return to Honduras alone.
(b) Marries a U.S. Senator.
(c) Testifies about a robbery.
(d) Attempts suicide.

2. How have immigration policies in the U.S. generally trended in the past few decades?
(a) They have become more lax.
(b) They have not changed.
(c) They have slightly changed to benefit immigrants.
(d) They have become stricter.

3. Why does Enrique not turn to God for help?
(a) He feels like God has failed him.
(b) He does not believe in God.
(c) With all the sins he has committed, he thinks he has no right.
(d) He's angry at God.

4. How many murders took place the year that El Trinidaro was found tortured and shot?
(a) 125.
(b) 57.
(c) 19.
(d) 23.

5. On Ash Wednesday, all 40 churches and 11 rectories take up a collection and raise how much money?
(a) $3,300.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many migrants have died in 2000 alone crossing the river where Enrique crosses in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Enrique express resentment regarding his sister's circumstances growing up in comparison with his own?

3. What did the World Bank study in 2000 reveal?

4. What river is Enrique crossing in order to enter America in Chapter 6?

5. Who is Lourdes' sister that calls her to criticize about Maria Isabel in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Enrique arrive after crossing the border into the U.S.? Where is he taken next and by whom?

2. How does Jasmin cross into the United States?

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

4. What causes the strife between Enrique and Lourdes after his arrival in the U.S.?

5. What leads Maria Isabel to move back to her mother's home? How does this move affect her?

6. How are the residents of Veracruz described in Chapter 4?

7. How is Maria Isabel transported into the U.S.?

8. How is the theme of motherhood explored in Chapter 8?

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

10. What robbery does Jasmin witness? Where does the robbery take place?

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