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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Enrique and the migrants hide from border agents as they shine spotlights seeking to find them in Chapter 6?
(a) In a cotton field.
(b) In a cemetery.
(c) In an abandoned church.
(d) On a river island.

2. In Chapter 4, why do migrants hope to cross this area during the day along this part of the journey?
(a) Because they want to see the scenery.
(b) Because they want to ride in the sun.
(c) Because residents are likely to bring gifts to the tracks.
(d) Because they think it's safer.

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

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

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

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

7. The U Visa allows illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. if they do what?
(a) Married an American citizen.
(b) Testify against crimes they have witnessed.
(c) Paid taxes for employment for ten years.
(d) Agree to spend five years in prison.

8. What does Villanueva do when local police conduct sweeps to find migrants?
(a) He turns the migrants in, and he prays for them.
(b) He protects any migrants who run into the church.
(c) He turns the migrants in, but he fights to free them.
(d) He hides them at his house.

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

10. Enrique's mother demands that he stop doing what or he must leave the house in Chapter 7?
(a) Sniffing paint thinner.
(b) Abusing Maria Isabel.
(c) Talking back to her boyfriend.
(d) Going out at night.

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

12. When did the case of The United States created the U Visa come to trial?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1998.

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

14. Where is Enrique arrested in the Epilogue?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Fort Knox.
(d) Miami.

15. What river is Enrique crossing in order to enter America in Chapter 6?
(a) The Rio Grande.
(b) The Hudson.
(c) The Colorado.
(d) The Sierra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are people more likely to help in Oaxaca and Veracruz?

2. Whom does the radio host fly over from Honduras for his show in Chapter 8?

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

4. What do many migrants credit with their progress?

5. What does Enrique's mother give him for Christmas in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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