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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Roy Villareal.
(b) Kevin McAleenan.
(c) Kate Steinle.
(d) Roger Edwards.

2. Near what town is the Ursula Border Patrol Central Processing Station located?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) McAllen, Texas.
(c) Lukeville, Arizona.
(d) Otay Mesa, California.

3. On what date was the declaration executed that opens Chapter 3 in San Diego?
(a) May 11, 2019.
(b) September 12, 2001.
(c) March 21, 2016.
(d) April 18, 2018.

4. Who was the Reuters reporter that broke the news of the Trump administration revisiting an Obama-era family separation proposal in March of 2017?
(a) Peter Jennings.
(b) Jacob Soboroff.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Wolf Blitzer.

5. Who was the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection in November of 2017?
(a) Thomas Homan.
(b) Scott Lloyd.
(c) Susan Haynie.
(d) Kevin McAleenan.

6. Who was the senior producer at Dateline that wrote to the author regarding a trip to the border and separations on January 17, 2018?
(a) Scott Lloyd.
(b) Paul Ryan.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Susan Haynie.

7. What does "ICE" refer to in the book?
(a) Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(b) Intelligence Communications Enforcement.
(c) Integration of Coordinated Enforcement.
(d) Immigration and Criteria Enforcement.

8. Where has NBC News Los Angeles been based since 2014?
(a) Sony Pictures Studios.
(b) Warner Brothers Studios.
(c) Paramount Pictures Studios.
(d) Universal Studios Hollywood.

9. By how many votes was Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed as the Trump administration's second secretary of Homeland Security?
(a) 80-19.
(b) 62-37.
(c) 75-24.
(d) 69-32.

10. For what state did Tom Price serve as a U.S. congressman?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

11. When was the author hired as an MSNBC correspondent?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2017.

12. What organization brought the case against the Trump Administration to reunite separated families?
(a) Human Rights Watch.
(b) KIND.
(c) The ACLU.
(d) Amnesty International.

13. Who was the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in December of 2017?
(a) Tom Homan.
(b) Joe Arpaio.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Francis Cissna.

14. In October of 2016, how many children were separated from their parents out of nearly 7,500 sent to ORR?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 60.
(d) 88.

15. When was the "prevention through deterrence" enforcement policy officially named as such?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the producer that the author credits with teaching him to be a real reporter in Chapter 2?

2. 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?

3. Who did Stephen Miller describe as having been killed in San Francisco by a "five-time deported illegal immigrant" in the author's narrative in Chapter 1?

4. How many estimated undocumented immigrants were living in the U.S. when Trump threatened to create a "deportation force" to expel them?

5. Who was President Obama's second and final secretary of homeland security?

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