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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Enrique's mother demands that he stop doing what or he must leave the house in Chapter 7?
(a) Sniffing paint thinner.
(b) Talking back to her boyfriend.
(c) Abusing Maria Isabel.
(d) Going out at night.

3. With whom does Maria Isabel live while raising her daughter in Chapter 7?
(a) Aunt Maria.
(b) Aunt Agnes.
(c) Aunt Anna.
(d) Aunt Gloria.

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

5. What does Enrique say about his mother's Christmas tree in Chapter 7?
(a) It is extravagant.
(b) It is ugly.
(c) It is elegant.
(d) It is real cedar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the brick maker suggest Enrique take a bus past the nearby checkpoint?

2. What does Jasmin do that allows Enrique to stay in the U.S.?

3. How have immigration policies in the U.S. generally trended in the past few decades?

4. Why do gang members prey on the immigrants in Enrique's neighborhood in Florida?

5. Because of police brutality toward migrants, the people of El Campesino El Mirador told the mayor of Nogales to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the apartment complex where Enrique's family lives described in the Epilogue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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