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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. Where was Enrique's Journey first published as a six-part series?

2. Where does Maria Isabel get a job when she moves back in with her mother in Chapter 7?

3. In what year does Belky tell her mother she is pregnant for the first time?

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

5. How much money does Enrique hope to save and then move home and build a house and start a business in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes the strife between Enrique and Lourdes after his arrival in the U.S.?

5. How does Nazario help Enrique's family after his arrest?

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

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

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

9. What convinces Maria Isabel to finally come to the U.S.?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the most challenging and dangerous checkpoints that Enrique passes during his journey. Where are they located and how are they described? How does Enrique get past these checkpoints?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the shifts in immigration regarding how many illegal immigrants are in the country today versus in the past. How many of the illegal immigrants in the U.S. are children? Why have these numbers fluctuated?

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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