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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. In the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, what does Enrique receive?

2. Where does Enrique's family move in order to make more money in Chapter 7?

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

4. On what date does Enrique await crossing the border in the opening of Chapter 6?

5. Where does Maria Isabel get a job when she moves back in with her mother in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What vices does Enrique engage in throughout the narrative? What problems do they cause him?

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

4. What about Belky's childhood does Enrique resent?

5. Where does Enrique arrive after crossing the border into the U.S.? Where is he taken next and by whom?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Jasmin cross into the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in Enrique's Journey. How is symbolism imbued in the settings described? What symbolic objects appear in the narrative? What does each represent? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Although Enrique's Journey is a nonfiction book, author Sonia Nazario presents Enrique's story from a perspective similar to fictional works. Discuss the basic plot structure of the narrative. Where is exposition established? Where is the rising action? Where is the climax?

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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