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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 2000s.
(d) The 1990s.

2. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?
(a) Mesa, Arizona.
(b) Oracle, Arizona.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Tempe, Arizona.

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

4. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) The United States.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Mexico.

5. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?
(a) Scaffolding.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A brick.
(d) A light bulb.

6. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2001.

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

8. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Bribe.
(b) Police.
(c) Border Patrol.
(d) Vigilante.

9. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?
(a) They say on their birthday.
(b) They say last year.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They say a few months ago.

10. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Quito.
(d) Los Angeles.

11. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2014.
(d) 1999.

12. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?
(a) To get a job and send money back to other family members in the child's home country.
(b) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States years earlier.
(c) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States at the same time as the child.
(d) To seek a better life in pursuit of the American Dream.

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

14. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 18 months.

15. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?
(a) Do you intend to practice polygamy?
(b) Have you ever knowingly committed a crime of moral turpitude?
(c) Are you a member of the Socialist party?
(d) Are you a member of the Communist party?

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language is the list of memory-joggers written upon the whiteboard on Luiselli's first day interviewing child refugees?

2. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?

3. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?

4. What is NOT contained in the police report Manu presents to Luiselli during her first-ever interview of a child refugee?

5. What is NOT a duty performed by Luiselli in her role as an interpreter?

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