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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Part I: Border.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?
(a) Snipers.
(b) Smugglers.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Thieves.

2. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A bodyguard.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A wolverine.

3. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?
(a) 63.
(b) 45.
(c) 92.
(d) 72.

4. Luiselli states that the media's final point about the refugee children often comes as a warning that if the children stay, they will take what action?
(a) They will contribute to white flight.
(b) They will reproduce.
(c) They will vote along Democratic lines.
(d) They will vote along Republican lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?

3. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?

4. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

5. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?

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