Enrique's Journey Review

1. "His right shin is gashed. His upper lip is split. The left side of his face is swollen. His eyes are red, filled with blood. He is crying. He dabs at open wounds on his face with a filthy sweater he has found on the tracks." This excerpt describes Enrique's condition after...

• he fell off the train in Oaxaca

• He was brutally attacked and robbed in Las Anonas

• He has a fight with another migrant teen at the train station

• he spends 3 months lost in the Mexican desert

2. On his journey, Enrique is captured by la migra and sent back to Guatemala 6 times. How does he travel back to Guatemala?

• on the Bus of Tears

• on top of la Bestia

• in an airplane

• he has to walk and then take a taxi

3. In the state of Chiapas, Enrique...

• got a job as a busboy in a Mexican restaurant

• was helped by the kindness of strangers

• made many new friends

• learned that the people there do not like migrants and he shouldn't trust anyone

4. On his journey, Enrique is helped by all of the following EXCEPT

• Mayor Carrasco of Las Anones

• the women of Veracruz

• the Mexican immigration agents

• Padre Leo of San Jose

5. How does Enrique make enough money to buy a phone card?

• washing dogs

• washing clothes

• washing dishes

• washing cars

6. El Tirindaro tattoos this on Enrique's chest

• Honduras por siempre

• EnriqueLourdes

• ElHongo

• MariaIsabel

7. When Enrique finally calls his mother in North Carolina

• she is angry that he left Honduras without telling her his plans

• she tells him it is safer to go back and live with his abuela

• she agrees to pay $1,200 to get him across the Rio Grande to the U.S.

• she begs him to stay in Mexico until her husband can safely pick him up

10. "In the cemetery he is close enough to the tracks to hear the train coming, its diesel engine growling and its horns blaring..." This description of the train uses an example of

• simile

• personification

• symbolism

• allusion

In the prologue, how did the author, Sonia, meet the mother who left her children to immigrate to the U.S.

• She was Sonia's maid

• They were friends from college

• They met in a support group

• They met at a rally

According to the book, how many people immigrated from Central America and Mexico since 1990?

• 5 million

• 11 million

• 500,000

• 200,000