Enrique's Journey

How did the author, Sonia Nazario, get the idea for Enrique’s Journey?

• She gets the idea AFTER meeting Enrique

• 1. She gets the idea from a movie 

• 1. After speaking to her housekeeper, Carmen, she realizes she wants to tell the stories of migrant children

• She gets the idea after meeting Lourdes

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What shift, that is a change from the 1980s, has taken place in the face of the modern immigrant population, according to this book?

• More men are coming to the U.S and leaving their wives and children behind

• There has not been a change

• More women are coming the U.S and leaving their children behind

• Less people are making the journey to the U.S

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What happens to Enrique on the train on his 7th attempt?

• He gets beaten up so badly that he loses teeth and gets rescued from a doctor in a village

• He goes back home and gives up

• He realizes this is not worth it and stays in the village

• He he robs a store and goes to jail for it

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What were some of the preparations the author took before beginning her research for this story?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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What is the primary theme of 'Enrique's Journey'?

• A) The struggles of illegal immigration

• B) The importance of family

• C) The economic impact of migration

• D) The political aspects of immigration

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