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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the radio host fly over from Honduras for his show in Chapter 8?
(a) Maria Isabel.
(b) Anna.
(c) Belky.
(d) Enrique.

2. Who is the Spanish television personality that invites Lourdes and Enrique to appear on his show?
(a) Rosa Amalia.
(b) Sirenio Gomez Fuentes.
(c) Marco Antonio Zablah.
(d) Don Francisco.

3. What did the World Bank study in 2000 reveal?
(a) That residents can deduct giving from their taxes.
(b) That people have extra money to give.
(c) That this is one of the richest areas in North America.
(d) That 42.5% of the people of Mexico's 100 million people live on $2 or less a day.

4. How long after Maria Isabel's arrival in Florida do they send for Isabel to be smuggled over?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

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

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

7. How are the residents of Mexico City described in their behavior toward the migrants?
(a) They are neither friendly nor helpful.
(b) They are overly friendly and helpful.
(c) They are intense in their hatred for the migrants.
(d) They offer the migrants money and food.

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

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

10. Where does Enrique's family move in order to make more money in Chapter 7?
(a) New York.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

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

12. How much money does Enrique hope to save and then move home and build a house and start a business in Chapter 7?
(a) $70,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $30,000.

13. Where was Enrique's Journey first published as a six-part series?
(a) The Philadelphia Tribune.
(b) The BBC.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The L.A. Times.

14. 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.

15. In what year did El Trinidaro's body show up in Nuevo Laredo?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. By April 2000, how far has Enrique made it in his journey?

2. How old was Enrique when he had to start working?

3. On what date does Enrique await crossing the border in the opening of Chapter 6?

4. What is one of the most prominent struggles that Enrique faces after coming to the U.S.?

5. From the top of the rolling freight car in Chapter 4, what does Enrique see?

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