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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view does Luiselli say she utilizes when recording the children's answers to her interview questions?
(a) Second and third.
(b) First and third.
(c) First and second.
(d) Omniscient third.

2. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?
(a) The Chamizal Convention.
(b) The Treaty of Dannemora.
(c) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(d) The TRIPS agreement.

3. In what language is the list of memory-joggers written upon the whiteboard on Luiselli's first day interviewing child refugees?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Russian.
(d) English.

4. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?
(a) Screening.
(b) Lining.
(c) Triage.
(d) Prioritizing.

5. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?
(a) The Eastern Triangle.
(b) The Southern Triangle.
(c) The Western Triangle.
(d) The Northern Triangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?

2. What is NOT an adjective Luiselli uses to describe the reality revealed by the intake questionnaire for undocumented children, when compared to the United States green card application?

3. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?

4. By whom does Manu say he had been raised until a year ago?

5. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?

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