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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. How many other migrants are crossing the border with Enrique and El Trinidaro in Chapter 6?

2. On what days does Enrique call Maria Isabel?

3. In what year do Bekly and Lourdes both get married?

4. Who witnesses the robbery, along with Diana, in the Epilogue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Enrique go about obtaining his mother's phone number in Chapter 5?

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

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

6. How does El Tirindaro get Enrique across the border to the U.S.?

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

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

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

10. How are the residents of Veracruz described in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 examples of irony in Enrique's Journey. What is the purpose of the author's employment of irony? What types of irony are employed? What does each example signify?

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