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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many undocumented immigrants were targeted for deportation in "Operation Mega"?
(a) 8,400.
(b) 2,330.
(c) 9,450.
(d) 6,300.

2. Who was the acting ICE director in November of 2017?
(a) Thomas Homan.
(b) Scott Lloyd.
(c) Paul Ryan.
(d) Kevin McAleenan.

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

4. On what date was recreational marijuana first available on the market in California?
(a) June, 2018.
(b) May, 2017.
(c) January, 2018.
(d) September, 2017.

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

6. What was the settlement agreement known as in the case between the ACLU and the Obama administration regarding the detention of undocumented immigrants?
(a) Rodriguez.
(b) Flores.
(c) Perez.
(d) Juarez.

7. Who is the producer that the author credits with teaching him to be a real reporter in Chapter 2?
(a) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Peter Jennings.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Mitch Koss.

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

9. 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) Roger Edwards.
(b) Kate Steinle.
(c) Kevin McAleenan.
(d) Roy Villareal.

10. When was Donald Trump's inauguration to the U.S. Presidency?
(a) April 8, 2016.
(b) February 2, 2018.
(c) May 16, 2017.
(d) January 20, 2017.

11. Who was the Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol's operations division in November of 2017?
(a) Carla Provost.
(b) Thomas Homan.
(c) Gloria Chavez.
(d) Susan Haynie.

12. What do the initials "DACA" refer to?
(a) Defendant of Alien Child Arrivals.
(b) Defense for Active Childhood Arrivals.
(c) Deputy of Alien Childhood Arrivals.
(d) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

13. For what little-known cable channel was the author working when he crossed the border in 2014 by accident with his producer?
(a) GreenTV.
(b) Telemundo.
(c) Pivot.
(d) Univision.

14. 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) Wolf Blitzer.
(d) Julia Ainsley.

15. What life-saving arm of the HHS is tasked with preparing and recovering from public health emergencies in the case of a natural disaster?
(a) AMWAR.
(b) FEMA.
(c) ASPR.
(d) NOCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was José from, as described in the Prologue?

2. What does "FMUA" stand for in the book?

3. In her breaking news story about separations at the border in November of 2017, Lomi Kriel was able to identify how many separation cases?

4. According to the "Family Separation and Reunification: Timeline of Key Events" in the beginning of the book, when did the El Paso sector of the CBP implement policies resulting in increased family separations?

5. Who interviewed General Kelley when he first admitted on air that he was considering child/parent separations at the border in March of 2017?

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