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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. When Enrique flags down a down a car after being released from the hospital, what does the driver do?
2. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?
3. What habit does Enrique develop?
4. La Arrocera is known as what among the migrants?
5. Why is one reason the people of Chiapas ARE NOT fed up with Central American migrants?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has Enrique not traveled in the company of gangsters on his current trip in Chapter 3?
2. How is Enrique treated by the locals after his injuries are treated in Chapter 2?
3. How does the author introduce the theme of family in the book's Prologue?
4. How was Enrique captured in each of his previous attempts to travel north, according to the author in Chapter 2?
5. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?
6. What happens when Enrique takes a ride from a passing driver in Chapter 2?
7. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?
8. How is Lourdes' journey into the United States described?
9. How is the theme of family disintegration illustrated through Maria Isabel in Chapter 2?
10. How old is Lourdes when she leaves her children? Why does she leave them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are common issues that arise with migrant children when they reach their mothers in the U.S.? How do these children fare in school? What behavioral problems often arise? What is at the root of these behavioral problems?
Essay Topic 2
How have perceptions of illegal immigrants changed in your lifetime? What public or political figures have made immigration a central focus? How have the personal views of your family and friends changed?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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