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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. How does Maria Isabel reach the United States?

2. On which prayer do some immigrants rely?

3. Why does Enrique consider agreeing to deportation in the Epilogue?

4. Why does María del Carmen Ortega García help migrants?

5. How long after Maria Isabel's arrival in Florida do they send for Isabel to be smuggled over?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What convinces Maria Isabel to finally come to the U.S.?

3. What is Enrique's relationship to the brick maker? What advice does the brick maker give Enrique?

4. What protest at Nogales city hall is described in Chapter 4? What was the cause for the protest?

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

6. What problems arise with Enrique and Maria Isabel in the Epilogue?

7. How is the theme of motherhood explored in Chapter 8?

8. How is Maria Isabel transported into the U.S.?

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

10. How does Enrique go about obtaining his mother's phone number in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Enrique and Maria Isabel in the book. How old are they when their relationship begins? What struggles and obstacles do they face as a couple? Do they overcome these obstacles?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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