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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, some residents have decided that giving migrants food and prayer is not enough, so what do they do?
(a) They deport them.
(b) They open up their churches, invite them to stay in their homes, and, sometimes, protect them from police.
(c) They take them back to their families.
(d) They fly them to the United States.

2. By April 2000, how far has Enrique made it in his journey?
(a) He has made it half way.
(b) He is back in Honduras.
(c) He is in the United States.
(d) He has made it nearly a third of the way.

3. What does Enrique say about his mother's Christmas tree in Chapter 7?
(a) It is elegant.
(b) It is ugly.
(c) It is real cedar.
(d) It is extravagant.

4. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?
(a) La migra.
(b) The local police.
(c) Enrique.
(d) The local bishop, Hipólito Reyes Larios.

5. Why do gang members prey on the immigrants in Enrique's neighborhood in Florida?
(a) Because they often have money stored secretly.
(b) Because they are threatened by them.
(c) Because they are openly wealthy.
(d) Because they will not go to the police.

6. What do many migrants credit with their progress?
(a) They credit the help of immigration.
(b) They credit one another.
(c) They credit their family support.
(d) They credit their religious faith.

7. What does Maria Isabel name the daughter she has in Chapter 6?
(a) Jennifer Anna.
(b) Katerin Jasmin.
(c) Anna Maria.
(d) Maria Andreas.

8. To whom does the priest, Ignacio Villanueva Areteaga, point as another refugee?
(a) Enrique.
(b) Himself.
(c) The baby Jesus.
(d) His family.

9. What do the migrants do with their clothing as they cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) They put them into plastic bags.
(b) They burn them.
(c) They throw them in the river.
(d) They sell them to border patrol.

10. Where do the smugglers drive Enrique after his mother has paid them additional money in Chapter 6?
(a) Miami.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) New Orleans.

11. When church members are arrested for helping migrants, what do they sometimes have to do to avoid charges?
(a) Talk to the judge.
(b) Sign a contract that says they will not help again.
(c) Protest.
(d) Pay a bribe.

12. In the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, what does Enrique receive?
(a) Depression.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Hoplessness.
(d) Gifts.

13. Into what U.S. state is Enrique crossing in Chapter 6?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

14. How do Enrique and the other migrants cross the river in Chapter 6?
(a) On an inner tube.
(b) On a kayak.
(c) On a motorboat.
(d) On a fishing boat.

15. Where was Enrique's mother the last time they spoke, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) California.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of police brutality toward migrants, the people of El Campesino El Mirador told the mayor of Nogales to do what?

2. When was Enrique's Journey first published in book form?

3. On what days does Enrique call Maria Isabel?

4. What caused the church members in Chapter 4 to begin helping migrants?

5. What does Maria Isabel lose in the river in Chapter 8?

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