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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. What do the police do after they raid the cemetery?

2. In what border town do migrants usually try to cross the river?

3. What is Enrique wearing when he first appears in Chapter 2?

4. Why do many Honduran mothers pull their children from school?

5. What does the mayor in Chapter 2 do for Enrique?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Enrique do upon arriving at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico?

2. When does Enrique begin working? What does he do? Why must he work?

3. How is the theme of family disintegration illustrated through Maria Isabel in Chapter 2?

4. What does Guillermina Galvez Lopez relate to the author in Chapter 3?

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

6. Who is Olga Sanchez Martinez and what does she do?

7. Who is Minor and what information is related from him in the Prologue?

8. What are the extent of Enrique's injuries in Chapter 2? Who treats him?

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

10. How does Enrique escape his incarceration in Chapter 3?

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

Discuss the themes of motherhood and family in Enrique's Journey. How does the author evoke these themes through her characterizations in the book? What events and circumstances connect to these themes?

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