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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda: Eight Brief Postscripts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U visa is granted by the United States government to whom?
(a) People who are fleeing persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and/or association with a particular social group.
(b) Victims of certain crimes determined by the government on a case-by-case basis.
(c) Victims of human trafficking.
(d) Children whose parents are proven to be deceased.

2. Luiselli notes that every member of the organization that provides resources to child and teenage refugees has what quality?
(a) They are all women.
(b) They are all Latino/a.
(c) They are all African-American.
(d) They are all white.

3. What had Luiselli had to do before whispering her one sentence to the man wearing the Make America Great Again hat?
(a) She had stepped on his foot to get his attention.
(b) She had asked him to remove his headphones.
(c) She had turned his face toward hers.
(d) She had pulled the cord to request her stop.

4. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?
(a) The building at 26 Federal Plaza.
(b) The Capitol Building.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The White House.

5. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What product did Luiselli's students prepare for the protests on the college campus?

2. What feeling does her students' enthusiasm and hope for the future at least momentarily dampen within Luiselli's own mind?

3. What words does Luiselli say migrants learn when they are on their way to the United States?

4. Luiselli asserts that in what state many public schools deny immigrant children entry based on the illegal practice of asking for proper immigration paperwork?

5. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?

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