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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Community .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?
(a) A sibling.
(b) A humanitarian worker.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A parent.

2. At the end of Part Four, Luiselli quotes a little girl stating her reason for coming to the United States. What does the little girl say was her reason for coming?
(a) Because she wanted to find her mother.
(b) Because she wanted to make her parents proud.
(c) Because she wanted to survive.
(d) Because she wanted to arrive.

3. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?
(a) Subway.
(b) Segway.
(c) Train.
(d) Taxi.

4. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?
(a) Two million.
(b) A million.
(c) Two hundred thousand
(d) Half a million.

5. The acronym TIIA stands for Teenage Immigrant what Association?
(a) Implementation.
(b) Invention.
(c) Intervention.
(d) Integration.

Short Answer Questions

1. The T visa is granted by the United States government to whom?

2. What right does Luiselli say "United States law guarantees" for all children, "no matter their nationality or immigrant status" (92)?

3. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

4. Luiselli states that "It only takes a group of ten motivated students to begin making" (95) what kind of difference?

5. To what location does Luiselli compare when describing how an immigrant begins to think of his or her home country after a long time living in the United States?

(see the answer key)

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