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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Scott Lloyd take on the role of the director of the ORR?
(a) April, 2016.
(b) March, 2017.
(c) February, 2018.
(d) September, 2017.

4. 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) Julia Ainsley.
(b) Paul Ryan.
(c) Scott Lloyd.
(d) Susan Haynie.

5. Who was the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services in September of 2017?
(a) Mitch Koss.
(b) Paul Ryan.
(c) Tom Price.
(d) Kevin McAleenan.

6. When did the Supreme Court order the Federal Government to cease most family separations and reunite eligible families, according to the author's timeline in the book's opening?
(a) May, 2017.
(b) March, 2017.
(c) June, 2018.
(d) February, 2018.

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

8. In October of 2017, how many children sent to ORR were separated from their parents out of less than 3,000 cases?
(a) 91.
(b) 16.
(c) 84.
(d) 75.

9. For what news organization did Julia Ainsley leave Reuters?
(a) CBS News.
(b) FOX News.
(c) CNN.
(d) NBC News.

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

11. How many people were taken into custody at the southern U.S. border in April of 2017?
(a) 48,511.
(b) 33,547.
(c) 84,764.
(d) 15,798.

12. How old was José's father Juan when he first left for the U.S., according to the author in the Prologue?
(a) 19.
(b) 40.
(c) 23.
(d) 32.

13. How many estimated undocumented immigrants were living in the U.S. when Trump threatened to create a "deportation force" to expel them?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 15 million.

14. Who was the acting Chief of the Border Patrol in November of 2017?
(a) Susan Haynie.
(b) Scott Lloyd.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Thomas Homan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles of the U.S.-Mexico border are in Texas?

2. What is the online documents portal of the federal court system called?

3. What tropical mega-storm was approaching Florida's east coast when Sarah Rodriguez from ICE wrote to Julia Ainsley regarding Operation Mega?

4. 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?

5. When was Donald Trump's inauguration to the U.S. Presidency?

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