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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 did the World Bank study in 2000 reveal?
2. In Chapter 4, how many businesses in the area give to help migrants?
3. On Ash Wednesday, all 40 churches and 11 rectories take up a collection and raise how much money?
4. What caused the church members in Chapter 4 to begin helping migrants?
5. How old was Enrique when he had to start working?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jasmin cross into the United States?
2. How does Nazario help Enrique's family after his arrest?
3. What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique's family in Chapter 7?
4. What is Enrique's relationship to the brick maker? What advice does the brick maker give Enrique?
5. How does El Tirindaro get Enrique across the border to the U.S.?
6. What items does Enrique obtain in Orizaba? Why are they important?
7. What vices does Enrique engage in throughout the narrative? What problems do they cause him?
8. Who is Hipolito Reyes Larios and what is his role in the narrative?
9. How is the apartment complex where Enrique's family lives described in the Epilogue?
10. How is Enrique's reunion with his mother described in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the most challenging and dangerous checkpoints that Enrique passes during his journey. Where are they located and how are they described? How does Enrique get past these checkpoints?
Essay Topic 2
How do child migrants go about protecting themselves from the dangers and threats that they face? How is this demonstrated through Enrique's actions in the book?
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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