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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Santos?

2. Where does Enrique go to live after he leaves his grandmother's house?

3. Why is Enrique careful not to fall asleep on the train?

4. How many migrants who arrive at the Albergue Belén shelter in Tapachula, on average, are robbed, beaten, or extorted by police?

5. What happens to officials who try to stop the abuse of immigrants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are madrinas and what is the concern regarding them?

2. Who are the majority of the migrants who brave riding on the trains? Why?

3. How is the theme of family disintegration illustrated through Maria Isabel in Chapter 2?

4. How does the author introduce the theme of family in the book's Prologue?

5. How is Enrique treated by the locals after his injuries are treated in Chapter 2?

6. How is Enrique treated by Carlos Carrasco when he arrives in his town in Chapter 2?

7. Why is Chiapas referred to as the beast by the migrants?

8. What does Sonia Nazario learn about her housekeeper that leads her to write this book?

9. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?

10. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of motherhood and family in Enrique's Journey. How does the author evoke these themes through her characterizations in the book? What events and circumstances connect to these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the various dangers that child migrants face. How do the migrants typically travel? What alternatives to travel are there? How many child migrants die as they make their journeys?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of religion in Enrique's Journey. What religious figures appear in the narrative? What roles do they serve? In what ways do the religious leaders in small Mexican communities help the migrants?

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