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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 do the smugglers drive Enrique after his mother has paid them additional money in Chapter 6?

2. What is the first job Enrique gets in America?

3. When was Enrique's Journey first published in book form?

4. On what days does Enrique call Maria Isabel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What hypocrisy between Mexican and U.S. immigration policies is pointed out in Chapter 4?

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

6. What do the police do when they capture Enrique outside of Cordoba?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lourde's actions, objectives, and obstacles in the narrative. Why does Lourde leave Honduras? Where does she go? Does she achieve her objectives? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the language style in Enrique's Journey. How are the individuals that Nazario characterizes demonstrated through language? What Spanish words appear in the text? How are these words or phrases integrated into English?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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