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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 does Enrique have on his shins in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Santos?

3. What happens to Santos?

4. How much does the average medical treatment cost for migrants when they are hurt?

5. What do migrants call Chiapas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Enrique captured in each of his previous attempts to travel north, according to the author in Chapter 2?

2. What advice does the doctor give Enrique in Chapter 2?

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

4. When does Enrique begin working? What does he do? Why must he work?

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

6. How is Lourdes' journey into the United States described?

7. Why has Enrique not traveled in the company of gangsters on his current trip in Chapter 3?

8. What happens when Enrique takes a ride from a passing driver in Chapter 2?

9. What does Enrique do upon arriving at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss examples of irony in Enrique's Journey. What is the purpose of the author's employment of irony? What types of irony are employed? What does each example signify?

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 language style in Enrique's Journey. How are the individuals that Nazario characterizes demonstrated through language? What Spanish words appear in the text? How are these words or phrases integrated into English?

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