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What is Enrique and Maria Isabel's daughter name?
Jasmin
But Enrique __ he will end up on the streets or dead. Only his mother can help him. She is his salvation. Fill in the blank
Fears
How many times does Enrique try to cross Mexico?
7 failed attempts, and on the 8th attempt he made it.
Why does Enrique decide to stop partying/drinking and start taking of himself in the U.S?
He wants to look good for Maria Isabel and he wants to start earning enough money to bring Maria Isabel to the U.S, and then Jasmin.
What is The Beast?
The term that Enrique and other migrants use for the treacherous and terrible state of Chiapas in Mexico.
Who is Eva in the story?
Maria Isabel mother
After Enrique arrived in North Carolina he began to feel resentment towards his mother's ___? Fill in the blank.
Abandonment.
How does Enrique cross the last leg of his journey to Nuero Laredo?
He rides with a truck driver.
Why was Maria Isabel resisted about leaving to go to the U.S with Enrique?
Maria Isabel gets attached to Jasmin and doesn't want to leave her at a young age.
What is la migra?
Mexican immigration agents.
Who is Padre Leo?
The priest at the Parrquia de San Jose is Father Leonardo Lopez Guajardo in Nuevo Laredo.
With each step north, I become awed by the gritty __ these childern possess in their struggle to get here. Fill in the blank
Determination.
What is a favorite Bible passage of migrants en route to El Norte
"gracion a las tres Dirinas Personas", a prayer to the Holy Trinity
Why did Enrique's father's girlfriend dislike him?
Because she thought of him as an economical burden.
What is the Bus of Tears?
Buses that make as many as eight runs a day, deporting more than 100,000 unhappy passengers every year.
Who is Enrique's protector in Nuevo Laredo and smuggler across the Rio Grande?
El Tiríndaro
What kind of __, I wondered pushes childern as young as seven years old to set out,alone,through such a hostile landscape with nothing but their wits? Fill in the blank.
Desperation.
Around the time Enrique crossed the Rio Grande in May 2000, about how many migrants were drowning along the same stretch of the river everyday?
Once Enrique and Lourdes reunited, did they get along? If not, why did they not get along?
At first, Enrique and Lourdes did get along, but then they started arguing. Enrique blames Lourdes for leaving him and Belky, while Lourdes thinks what she did was the best for them.
What does The Beast symbolize?
The dangers and threats that the journey as a whole to the United States holds for migrant children
Who is Grupo Beta and how do they fall into the story?
Grupo Beta is a Mexican federal enitiy that accompanied Sonia on the trains.
Enrique clings to his dad who dotes on him. What does dote mean?
To love
North of Mexico City, there is a new danger riding the boxcars. What is it?
There are live wires filled with electricity.
What caused the 5,000 Tapachula residents to march in the streets?
They were demanding that Mexico establish a death penalty for gangsters that shot,beat and killed a young girl near the railroad tracks.
Why was the train stop moved to Los Toros?
Because La Arrocera became too dangerous even for migra agents.