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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. Which of the answers below IS NOT one of the rules Enrique has learned about Chiapas?

2. Who tells Nazario of migrants to hurt themselves by running into electrified fences and other ways before coming to his house near the tracks?

3. What percentage of migrants who board the train are children?

4. What happens to Santos?

5. Why is Enrique assaulted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the genre of this book. How is that genre presented stylistically?

2. Where is Enrique's family from? How is this setting described?

3. With whom does Enrique stay at the cemetery in Chapter 3? How is this individual described?

4. How does the author introduce the theme of family in the book's Prologue?

5. How does Enrique escape apprehension when he reaches La Arrocera in Chapter 3?

6. How was Enrique captured during his first attempt to travel north?

7. What are madrinas and what is the concern regarding them?

8. How is Enrique treated by Carlos Carrasco when he arrives in his town in Chapter 2?

9. Who are the majority of the migrants who brave riding on the trains? Why?

10. What has led to Enrique’s injuries in the opening of Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the various dangers that child migrants face. How do the migrants typically travel? What alternatives to travel are there? How many child migrants die as they make their journeys?

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

How have perceptions of illegal immigrants changed in your lifetime? What public or political figures have made immigration a central focus? How have the personal views of your family and friends changed?

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