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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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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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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 "Children of the Drug Wars.”These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.The MS gangsters decide to retaliate and throw the gangster off the train. Enrique refuses to participate, creating a rift. "If you are MS, you have to kill 18th Streeters. And if you are 18th Street, you must kill MS. I wasn't like that," Enrique says.After the fight with his friends, halfway through Chiapas, the gang members stop riding with Enrique. That night, without their protection, the six men beat him on top of the train.

A
Both describe situations in which people have to leave their country to find a better life.
B
Both describe situations in which people have to leave their country to find a better life.
C
Both describe situations in which people are expected to commit crimes or face violence.
D
Both describe situations in which people are expected to commit crimes or face violence.
E
Both describe situations in which people have the ability to improve their lives by following orders.
F
Both describe situations in which people have the ability to improve their lives by following orders.
G
Both describe situations in which people are given a choice between doing what is expected or doing what is right.
H
Both describe situations in which people are given a choice between doing what is expected or doing what is right.
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Which statement best supports the author’s purpose in "Children of the Drug Wars,” which is to persuade readers that the United States should do more to help immigrant children from Honduras?

A
“Three years ago, about 6,800 children were detained by United States immigration authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up.”
B
“These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.”
C
“Judges, who currently deny seven in 10 applications for asylum by people who are in deportation proceedings, must better understand the conditions these children are facing.”
D
“By deporting them directly from the refugee centers, the United States would discourage future non-refugees by showing that immigrants cannot be caught and released, and then avoid deportation by ignoring court orders to attend immigration hearings.”

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