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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Donald Trump's.
(b) Barack Obama's.
(c) Lady Liberty's.
(d) Mike Pence's.

3. How many calls per week were the children at the Casa Padre shelter allowed to make to sponsors or family members when the author toured the facility in June of 2018?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What news organization published the wailing sounds of children separated from their parents at a Border Patrol facility on June 18, 2018?
(a) Reuters.
(b) MSNBC.
(c) ProPublica.
(d) Buzzfeed.

5. How many social workers were available to the children at the CPC facility that the author toured with other journalists in June of 2018?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the primary anchor of NBC Nightly News in June of 2018?

2. When the author went on Chris Hayes to report live from Casa Padre, he claimed that what percentage of the children inside were separated from parents because of illegal border crossings?

3. In Judge Sabraw's order in the ACLU v. Trump administration case regarding immigrant separations, he ordered the reunification of separated children under the age of five with their parents within how many days?

4. From whom was the memo that opens Chapter 8?

5. The federal prison in Victorville is said to house over how many inmates in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the Trump administration's family separation policy officially adopted, and when did it end? What did it mandate?

2. Where was Juan and José taken when they were apprehended by Border Patrol? How is this setting described?

3. How does the author describe the artwork and murals at the Casa Padre shelter when he toured it in June of 2018?

4. Where was José transported after his initial detention at the border?

5. What was the capacity and population at Casa Padre when Soboroff toured the facility in June of 2018? What were the implications of this?

6. What were the immigrant child separation numbers like between May 5 and June 9, 2018? How was this comparable to the previous year?

7. What was Jeff Merkley's association with the Casa Padre facility?

8. How does the author describe the location, size, and scope of the Casa Padre facility when he visited in June of 2018?

9. Where was Juan transported after his first detainment by the border?

10. According to the author's presentation of events, who was most responsible for getting Trump to reverse his separation policy? Why?

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