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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the most prominent struggles that Enrique faces after coming to the U.S.?
(a) Addiction to gambling.
(b) Alcohol and drug abuse.
(c) Initiation into gang life.
(d) Inability to find work.

2. On what date does Enrique await crossing the border in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) March 12, 2004.
(b) May 21, 2000.
(c) June 4, 1999.
(d) April 6, 2001.

3. Why are people more likely to help in Oaxaca and Veracruz?
(a) They do it for praise.
(b) They do it for money.
(c) Many say that it is rooted in the Zapotec and Mixtec indigenous cultures.
(d) They all tried to make the journey themselves.

4. How many murders took place the year that El Trinidaro was found tortured and shot?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 125.
(d) 57.

5. Who witnesses the robbery, along with Diana, in the Epilogue?
(a) Belky.
(b) Jasmin.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Enrique.

6. How are the residents of Mexico City described in their behavior toward the migrants?
(a) They are neither friendly nor helpful.
(b) They offer the migrants money and food.
(c) They are overly friendly and helpful.
(d) They are intense in their hatred for the migrants.

7. Where does the brick maker suggest Enrique take a bus past the nearby checkpoint?
(a) Nuevo Laredo.
(b) Oaxaca.
(c) Matehuela.
(d) Texas.

8. On which prayer do some immigrants rely?
(a) Their night time prayer.
(b) Group prayer.
(c) La Oracíon a las Tres Divinas Personas.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

9. What do the municipal police wear?
(a) Green and white.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Orange and white.
(d) Black and white.

10. When does Enrique promise to Maria Isabel that he will return home in Chapter 7?
(a) Within six years.
(b) Within one year.
(c) Within six months.
(d) Within two years.

11. Where do the smugglers drive Enrique after his mother has paid them additional money in Chapter 6?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Miami.

12. Why do gang members prey on the immigrants in Enrique's neighborhood in Florida?
(a) Because they are openly wealthy.
(b) Because they are threatened by them.
(c) Because they will not go to the police.
(d) Because they often have money stored secretly.

13. Where was Enrique's Journey first published as a six-part series?
(a) The L.A. Times.
(b) The Philadelphia Tribune.
(c) The BBC.
(d) The New York Times.

14. Where does Enrique's family move in order to make more money in Chapter 7?
(a) New York.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

15. Where was Enrique's mother the last time they spoke, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Enrique when he had to start working?

2. When did the case of The United States created the U Visa come to trial?

3. On Ash Wednesday, all 40 churches and 11 rectories take up a collection and raise how much money?

4. How does Maria Isabel reach the United States?

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

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