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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?
(a) When did you enter the United States?
(b) Have you been threatened by gangs?
(c) Has anyone hurt you since you have been in the United States?
(d) Why did you come to the United States?

2. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?
(a) Crayons and paper.
(b) Books.
(c) Video games.
(d) Board games.

3. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?
(a) 34%.
(b) 54%.
(c) 94%.
(d) 64%.

4. What type of transportation do Luiselli and her niece utilize to get home from their first day conducting interviews, causing the author to think of the mystical quality of the boy's police report?
(a) Subway.
(b) Trolley.
(c) Train.
(d) Taxi.

5. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?
(a) A fly in the ointment.
(b) A crack in the veneer.
(c) A thin crust.
(d) A hard outer shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. A person with what job meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on Luiselli's first day of work at the New York immigration court?

2. With whom does Luiselli live?

3. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?

4. The person who meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on the author's first day of work at the New York immigration court introduces the author immediately to two members of what organization?

5. In what borough of New York City is the organization located that provides immigrant children and teenagers with valuable resources?

(see the answer key)

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