Male Characters
How old was Enrique when his mother left him?
5-years-old
This is the US city Enrique needs to go to find his mother.
North Carolina
This is what the Mexican police are called.
Who is la migra?
This character prays for Enrique to be deported back to his homeland.
Who is Maria Isabel?
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
This character was like a father to Enrique before he was murdered.
Who is Uncle Marco?
This is the country where Enrique lives.
What is Honduras?
This Spanish term translates to "The Train of Death"
What is El Tren de la Muerte?
Aunt Rosa Amalia thinks this character is struggling mentally and warns others about her emotional outburst.
Who is Belky?
Enrique leaves for America just like his mother. On whose steps does he walk down to begin his journey?
Grandma Agueda
Name the Mexican Mayor who helps Enrique after finding him beaten and battered.
Who is Mayor Carrasco?
Where is California?
This Spanish term translates to "The Bus of Tears"
What is El Bus de Lagrimas?
This is the name of Lourdes Baby in the US.
Who is Diana?
The cheapest coyote, immigrant advocates say, charge $______ to smuggle children into the United States.
$3,000
This person gives water to Enrique to help him survive a beating in Las Anosas.
Who is Serenio Gomez Fuentes?
This is the city that Enrique lives in.
Where is Tegucigalpa?
This trait allows Enrique to never give up.
What is Perseverance?
Instead of Lourdes, Enrique celebrates this character every Mother's Day.
Who is Grandma Maria Marcos?
Mara Salvatrucha (MS 13); 18th Street
This character goes train hopping first with Enrique?
Who is Jose?
This is where Enrique goes to buy most drugs in chapter 2.
Where is El Infiernito? (Little Hell)
Lourdes dreamed of going to America as a little girl when she saw certain places on television. Name one of these places.
Las Vegas; NYC; Disneyland
This character pretended to be an immigration lawyer, but instead stole thousands of dollars from those desperate to become citizens.
Who is Gloria Patel?
According to the text, how many children enter the United States from Central America and Mexico, each year illegally and without either of their parents.
48,000