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Comparing Genres: Biography and Editorial Answers

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How does the meaning of the underlined word, prowl, support the author’s purpose in this excerpt? Select two options.

A
It illustrates that the police overlook the gangsters’ crimes.
B
It shows what happens when police allow gangsters to operate.
C
It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
D
It explains why the gangsters were sent back to their home countries.
E
It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Enrique greets the dawn without incident. The stars recede. The sky lightens behind the mountains to the east, and mist rises off the fields on both sides of the tracks. Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries.

A
The author uses dialogue to evoke a sense of happiness.
B
The author uses characterization to show bitter feelings.
C
The author uses structure to show the sequence of events.
D
The author uses setting to show a sense of accomplishment.
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.

A
They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
B
They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
C
They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
D
They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
E
They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
F
They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
G
They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.
H
They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Two gangsters had overheard his description and kicked him mercilessly. "Next time, we kill you," the gangsters told him. The teenager, afraid for his life, asked to be deported.Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."We should also make it easier for children to apply as refugees when they are still in Central America, as we have done for people in Iraq, Cuba, countries in the former Soviet Union, Vietnam and Haiti. Those who showed a well-founded fear of persecution wouldn’t have to make the perilous journey north alone.

A
Both include information that ask people to help children from Central America.
B
Both offer solutions that show how victims from other countries have been helped.
C
The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey uses quotations to show that it is better for these children to be sent back, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses examples describing how other countries have dealt with the issue.
D
The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey tells a story about what happened to one victim, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses words that create an emotional response to persuade readers to take action.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Before the train leaves, the gangsters roam the Tapachula depot, eyeing which migrants are buying food and where they stash their cash afterward. They try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. Maybe they can offer tips? Many of the gangsters wear white plastic rosaries around their necks so the migrants will be less suspicious. They ask, "Where are you from? Where are you going? Do you have any money?"

A
It helps create uneasiness.
B
It helps create trust.
C
It helps create hope.
D
It helps create calmness.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Enrique puts Chiapas behind him. He still has far to go, but he has faced the beast eight times now, and he has lived through it. It is an achievement, and he is proud of it.The excerpt refers to Chiapas as "the beast.” What is the purpose of using this metaphor in the excerpt?

A
to show how threatening travel through Chiapas is
B
to show that few people are able to live in Chiapas
C
to show how many dishonest people live in Chiapas
D
to show that Chiapas has the most immigration checkpoints
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.

A
“handing them a death sentence”
B
“abrogates international conventions we have signed”
C
“turned its back on the 52,000 children”
D
“legitimate refugees”
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”To ensure this isn’t a sham process, asylum officers and judges must be trained in child-sensitive interviewing techniques to help elicit information from fearful, traumatized youngsters. All children must also be represented by a volunteer or government-funded lawyer. Kids in Need of Defense, a nonprofit that recruits pro bono lawyers to represent immigrant children and whose board I serve on, estimates that 40 percent to 60 percent of these children potentially qualify to stay under current immigration laws—and do, if they have a lawyer by their side. The vast majority do not. The only way to ensure we are not hurtling children back to circumstances that could cost them their lives is by providing them with real due process.

A
It emphasizes that it is easy for children to get immigration status.
B
It reminds readers that young, innocent lives are being harmed by failed policies.
C
It helps to convince readers that immigration laws for children should be changed.
D
It helps to convince readers that more lawyers are needed to defend children.
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In Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario tells readers about Enrique’s emotional journey as he tries to leave Honduras. Why does writing about this in the form of a biography support her purpose?

A
She is able to provide her opinion about Enrique’s difficult situation.
B
She is able to encourage the reader to do something to help Enrique.
C
She is able to include all the details about Enrique’s life from beginning to end.
D
She is able to give an objective account about one part of Enrique’s life.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Hours later, the Red Cross asked Cancino if he could help an injured migrant. It was the same Honduran teenager. His right ribs were broken. His entire chest and face were badly bruised. He spoke slowly, in a whisper, clasping his chest. Two gangsters had overheard his description and kicked him mercilessly. "Next time, we kill you," the gangsters told him. The teenager, afraid for his life, asked to be deported.Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."But, as I learned when I returned to Nueva Suyapa last month, a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence.

A
She provides detailed descriptions of how humanitarian groups help victims.
B
She tells of the struggles through a narrative of child migrants trying to get out of Central America.
C
She gives an account of actual violence inflicted on a teenager in Central America.
D
She offers a reason why getting sent back is easier than being given refugee status.

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