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Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose Answers

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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.

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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.
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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.
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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 "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.

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Both describe situations in which people have to leave their country to find a better life.
B
Both describe situations in which people are expected to commit crimes or face violence.
C
Both describe situations in which people have the ability to improve their lives by following orders.
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Both describe situations in which people are given a choice between doing what is expected or doing what is right.
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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.

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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 Enrique’s Journey.Enrique’s head throbs. The sun reflects off the metal. It stings his eyes, and his skin tingles. It drains the little energy he has left. He moves around the car, chasing patches of shade. For a while, he stands on a narrow ledge at the end of a fuel tanker. It is just inches above the wheels. He cannot let himself fall asleep; one good shake of the train, and he would tumble off.

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to tell when and where the story takes place
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to explain how difficult it is to travel in some climates
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to show how dangerous it is to leave Honduras
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to introduce the main character and describe his traits
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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?

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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.
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She is able to give an objective account about one part of Enrique’s life.

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