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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?
(a) Removable aliens.
(b) Resident aliens.
(c) Pending aliens.
(d) Nonresident aliens.

2. When Luiselli describes the media's treatment of the child refugees, what metaphor does she use to represent how the media treats the children?
(a) Flies.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Mosquitoes.

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

4. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 102,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 6,600.
(d) 1000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

2. Where does Manu keep the police report that he shows to Luiselli on her first day conducting interviews?

3. In what month of 2014 was the refugee crisis discussed by Luiselli officially declared?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the police report symbolize?

2. What does Luiselli mean when she states that Manu's police report acted as "a road map of a migration"? (43)

3. How does Luiselli employ symbolism within the depiction of blank spaces on the questionnaire she gives to undocumented children?

4. With what question does Part I: Border begin and why?

5. Why do the answers to one particular question on the intake questionnaire cause Luiselli to feel ashamed?

6. What skill does Luiselli present as the most important one when she interviews child refugees in court?

7. For what reason do many family members of child refugees refrain from presenting themselves in court in order to support the child's plea for immigration relief?

8. In what way are Mexican children subject to different rules than refugees from other countries seeking asylum in the United States?

9. How does Luiselli create a contrast in Part II: Court between two types of emergencies related to the refugee crisis?

10. How does Luiselli draw a connection between different eras in terms of the word removal?

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