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

2. Why does Enrique not turn to God for help?

3. In Chapter 4, some residents have decided that giving migrants food and prayer is not enough, so what do they do?

4. Francisca Aguirre Juárez sometimes does what to gain support of the local police?

5. From the top of the rolling freight car in Chapter 4, what does Enrique see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What items does Enrique obtain in Orizaba? Why are they important?

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

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

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

8. What causes the strife between Enrique and Lourdes after his arrival in the U.S.?

9. What robbery does Jasmin witness? Where does the robbery take place?

10. How does El Tirindaro get Enrique across the border to the U.S.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the themes of motherhood and family in Enrique's Journey. How does the author evoke these themes through her characterizations in the book? What events and circumstances connect to these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of poverty in Enrique's Journey. What role does poverty play in the actions, objectives, and obstacles of the main figures of the narrative? How is poverty in the U.S. illustrated differently than poverty in Mexico and Central America?

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