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

2. Given in Chapter 4, what is Enrique's first gift?

3. Into what U.S. state is Enrique crossing in Chapter 6?

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

5. Where was Enrique's mother the last time they spoke, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the residents of Mexico City described in Chapter 4?

2. How does Enrique ultimately avoid deportation?

3. What happens when Enrique is arrested in Jacksonville, Florida? Where is he taken?

4. What leads Maria Isabel to move back to her mother's home? How does this move affect her?

5. How does irony play out in the narrative in Chapter 6?

6. How does Nazario help Enrique's family after his arrest?

7. When Enrique is captured sleeping on the Texas-bound train in Chapter 4, what do the police do to him?

8. Who is Hipolito Reyes Larios and what is his role in the narrative?

9. Who is Don Francisco? What role does he play in the narrative?

10. What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique's family in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style of Enrique's Journey. How is the story related? Is this a common style of narrative for nonfiction? In what ways does the narrative style in this book stand out to you?

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

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?

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