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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the main issues that teachers must deal with regarding immigrant children, according to the author in the Afterword?
(a) They do not understand the language or culture in the U.S.
(b) They are often too poor to wear decent clothing to school.
(c) There is racial bias against the children.
(d) They harbor resentment which spills over into behavior problems.

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

3. Given in Chapter 4, what is Enrique's first gift?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) A roll of crackers.

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

5. On what date does Maria Isabel give birth to her first child?
(a) March 16, 1999.
(b) November 2, 2000.
(c) September 12, 2001.
(d) December 23, 2000.

6. In schools, how many children are an immigrant or the child of one, according to the author in the Afterword?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in four.
(d) One in eight.

7. Why does Enrique consider agreeing to deportation in the Epilogue?
(a) Because he has another girlfriend and another daughter in Honduras.
(b) Because he might see his family faster by sneaking back into the U.S.
(c) Because his mother has encouraged him to return home.
(d) Because he hates his wife.

8. With whom does Maria Isabel live while raising her daughter in Chapter 7?
(a) Aunt Anna.
(b) Aunt Agnes.
(c) Aunt Gloria.
(d) Aunt Maria.

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

10. What does "pro bono" mean?
(a) Without charge.
(b) Deportation.
(c) With fixed rate.
(d) Upon termination.

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

12. In Chapter 4, how many businesses in the area give to help migrants?
(a) 4 out of 5.
(b) 1 out of 2.
(c) None of them.
(d) All of them.

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

14. In what year does Belky tell her mother she is pregnant for the first time?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2003.

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. Approximately how much time did Nazario spend reporting and writing Enrique's Journey?

2. In what year did El Trinidaro's body show up in Nuevo Laredo?

3. In Chapter 4, the impetus to help migrants comes from whom?

4. Enrique's mother demands that he stop doing what or he must leave the house in Chapter 7?

5. How many other migrants are crossing the border with Enrique and El Trinidaro in Chapter 6?

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