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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day after the author toured the Casa Padre facility, MSNBC broke the news that a temporary influx center was potentially going to be erected where?
(a) El Paso, Texas.
(b) Lukeville, Arizona.
(c) Otay Mesa, California.
(d) Tornillo, Texas.

2. How old did the author describe the boys being housed at the Casa Padre shelter as being in June of 2018?
(a) 5-10.
(b) 10-17.
(c) 5-15.
(d) 15-17.

3. Who was the president of MSNBC in June of 2018?
(a) Steven Wagner.
(b) Phil Griffin.
(c) Susan Haynie.
(d) Carla Provost.

4. What was the official number of separated children as of Commander White's testimony on July 15, 2018?
(a) 2,905.
(b) 1,790.
(c) 2,551.
(d) 1,535.

5. What was printed on Melania Trump's jacket when she toured the shelter at McAllen on June 21, 2018 (772)?
(a) "HELP THE CHILDREN."
(b) "SILENCE."
(c) "HOW DID WE GET HERE?"
(d) "I REALLY DON'T CARE. DO U?"

6. Whose image was printed on the mural that said, "Sometimes losing a battle you find a new way to win the war" (606) at the Casa Padre shelter in June of 2018?
(a) Mike Pence's.
(b) Lady Liberty's.
(c) Donald Trump's.
(d) Barack Obama's.

7. Where was Dana Sabraw serving as a federal judge in late June of 2018?
(a) The Southern District of New York.
(b) The Southern District of California.
(c) The Northern District of California.
(d) The Northern District of Arizona.

8. What nonprofit law firm was Lindsay Toczylowski the executive director of in June of 2018?
(a) KIND.
(b) Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
(c) Ropes & Gray, LLP.
(d) The ACLU.

9. Where is the Casa Padre shelter located?
(a) Brownsville, Texas.
(b) Mesa, Arizona.
(c) Harlingen, Texas.
(d) San Diego, California.

10. Who was the White House Counsel that prepared Trump's Executive Order to end family separations at the border?
(a) Carla Provost.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Phil Griffin.
(d) Steven Wagner.

11. What cartel from Guatemala and Mexico did Juan and José fear when they crossed the border in June of 2018?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Sinaloa.
(c) Los Zetas.
(d) Jalisco New Generation.

12. According to the author in Chapter 8, what street gang started in Los Angeles and was exported to Central America during the Clinton administration?
(a) 18th Street Gang.
(b) Mara Salvatucha.
(c) MS-13.
(d) Barrio 18.

13. Who broke down on air while reporting a breaking story about tender-aged immigrant children being detained after separation in June of 2018?
(a) Chris Hayes.
(b) Rachel Maddow.
(c) Lester Holt.
(d) Wolf Blitzer.

14. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "I Don't Have Those Numbers."
(b) "A Significant Increase."
(c) "Very, Very Worried."
(d) "No Way to Link."

15. Who was the deputy assistant director in ICE's custody management division in June of 2018?
(a) Steven Wagner.
(b) Phil Griffin.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Claire Trickler-McNulty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Disney film were some of the children watching at the Casa Padre shelter when the author toured the facility in June of 2018?

2. Where was Juan taken to be booked into a staging facility after spending three nights detained by Border Patrol at the Yuma station?

3. What was the approximate audience for the author's "The Dividing Line" segment on MSNBC in late June of 2018?

4. What did Juan refer to the cold jail cells as when he was taken by Border Patrol?

5. 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)?

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