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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author respond with to Kirstjen Nielsen's tweet saying, "We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period" (718)?
(a) Three "eye-roll" emojis.
(b) Three "laughing" emojis."
(c) Three "face-palm" emojis.
(d) Three "sad-face" emojis.

2. Who was the mayor of Boca Raton in September of 2017?
(a) Mitch Koss.
(b) Susan Haynie.
(c) Kevin McAleenan.
(d) Roger Edwards.

3. When the author first went to Casa Padre in Brownsville, he describes the 250,000 sq. ft. former Walmart as housing how many migrant boys from ten to 17 years old?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 800.
(c) 650.
(d) 1,200.

4. What is the right wing of the GOP referred to as in Chapter 6?
(a) The Red Jackets.
(b) The Freedom Caucus.
(c) The Reformers.
(d) The Bible Caucus.

5. What was the vote that confirmed John Kelly as the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after Trump took office?
(a) 90-8.
(b) 78-22.
(c) 66-42.
(d) 88-11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the press representative from the Administration for Children and Families that spoke when the author toured the facility at Casa Padre in June of 2018?

2. How far is Otay Mesa, California from the San Ysidro Port of Entry?

3. Who was the Border Patrol deputy chief of the San Diego sector that toured the author along the border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa in October of 2017?

4. Who was the Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol's operations division in November of 2017?

5. Who is "the government lawyer who later became famous for arguing migrant kids don't need blankets or toothbrushes" (xvii), according to the author in his opening notes?

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