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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first job Enrique gets in America?
(a) Waiter.
(b) House painter.
(c) Stock boy.
(d) Butcher.

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

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

4. When does Enrique promise to Maria Isabel that he will return home in Chapter 7?
(a) Within six years.
(b) Within six months.
(c) Within two years.
(d) Within one year.

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

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

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

8. When was Enrique's Journey first published in book form?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2008.

9. Francisca Aguirre Juárez sometimes does what to gain support of the local police?
(a) Feeds them.
(b) Pays them.
(c) Talks to them.
(d) Gives them clothing.

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

11. Who is cooking in the kitchen at Lourdes' home when Enrique arrives in Chapter 6?
(a) Paula.
(b) Maria.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Diana.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In schools, how many children are an immigrant or the child of one, according to the author in the Afterword?

2. How old is Soledad Vasquez?

3. Approximately how many illegal children are living in the U.S., according to Nazario in the Afterword?

4. Where is Diana working when she is robbed in the Epilogue?

5. In Chapter 4, how many businesses in the area give to help migrants?

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