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

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

3. In the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, what does Enrique receive?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Hoplessness.
(d) Depression.

4. Approximately how much time did Nazario spend reporting and writing Enrique's Journey?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.

5. How many other migrants are crossing the border with Enrique and El Trinidaro in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the priest, Ignacio Villanueva Areteaga, point as another refugee?

2. When does Enrique promise to Maria Isabel that he will return home in Chapter 7?

3. On what date does Maria Isabel give birth to her first child?

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

5. What does Enrique say about his mother's Christmas tree in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jasmin cross into the United States?

3. How is Enrique's reunion with his mother described in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

8. What problems arise with Enrique and Maria Isabel in the Epilogue?

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

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

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