Chapter 3
Facing the Beast
Where is Enrique Located?
Who are the “Beasts” and what do they do?
What are the rules about Chiapas?
What place does Enrique decide is the best place to sleep?
Who is Enrique protected by?
Where does Enrique end up after the cemetery raid?
How does Enrique escape?
Where is he headed off too?
Getting aboard
About how many immigrants does Enrique guess is on the train from the cemetery?
How young are some children that Enrique encounters?
What does “Race against time and death” mean?
What are the good and bad sides of Box Cars?
What happens inside a locked box car?
When on top of the train, why is it important to focus on what’s in front of you all the time? What type of injuries does it lead?
A Dreaded Stop
Where is their next destination and why does everyone dread it?
How are migrants treated by the migra agents?
What are Madrina’s and what do they do?
Where are some places where migrants hide their money?
Many of the bandits are former __________ and get away by…?
What was so lucky about Enrique hanging around gangsters when the bandits were around?
What do women do to hide their identity as a woman so they are not assaulted?
How do Chiapas and La Arrocera residents feel about the migrants that travel by train?
A Decision
What changes Maria Isabel’s mind about finding Enrique?
Staying Awake
Why should migrants NOT go to sleep while on this particular train ride, in this section of the book?
Who are MS gang members and what do they do?
At the Tapachula depot, how are migrants being watched before the train departs. By who?
If a migrant resists or angers a gangster with no money, what happens?
How does Enrique get introduced to MS gangsters and receive protection?
When the MS gangsters abandon him, what happens to Enrique as soon as he is alone?
How many times has Enrique faced “the beast”
Devoured
Why is the called “The Train That Devours” in this section?
What is the story about Carlos, how did he lose his leg?
Who is Olga, and what does she do?
How do some migrants react when Olga tries to help them?
What did Olga turn her house into?
How does Olga get paid?
OAXACA
How far along does Enrique need to travel to get to Mexico?
How do the Migra Agents trick migrants to figure out who is a migrant?
How does Spanish differ when in different areas of Mexico?
How does Enrique react when he see’s his face for the first time in months?
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1.Enrique washes cars for money to buy a phone card.
2.Enrique calls Honduras first to get his moms number.
3. El tirindaro helps Enrique get across the border.
4. El tirindaro helps out in this chapter because he helps him get far on his journey.
5. Voooocab
Modestly pg.172- He is humble and lives modestly.
The young boy does his homework quiet and modestly.
Def- Free from showing, keep to yourself.
Trickling pg.164- Sauced circles the water trough, sweat trickling down his face.
When I go running, the sweat trickles down my forehead.
Def- To slide or move down slowly.
Arsenal pg.165- In addition, agents use a growing arsenal of technology.
The military is very dangerous do to their arsenal.
Def- A stock of weapons
Ailing pg.155- Whom she had been raising for her ailing mother.
Its hard to grow up and become an ailing parent.
Def- Affected by health problems or personal
Intrusions pg.163- Such intrusions are so common that the border patrol agents advise ranchers to leave water and food outside of doors.
Most war solders have to worry about intrusions from terrorist.
Def- The act of intruding or barging in.
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