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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. Where was Juan taken to be booked into a staging facility after spending three nights detained by Border Patrol at the Yuma station?
(a) McAllen, Texas.
(b) Florence, Arizona.
(c) Baja, California.
(d) New York, New York.

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

3. What did the author describe the ratio of shelter workers to kids as when he went live outside of the Casa Padre shelter in June of 2018?
(a) 1:4.
(b) 1:6.
(c) 1:10.
(d) 1:8.

4. What was the approximate audience for the author's "The Dividing Line" segment on MSNBC in late June of 2018?
(a) Nearly 4.5 million.
(b) Nearly 3.5 million.
(c) Nearly 2.5 million.
(d) Nearly 1.5 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the chief of the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector in June of 2018?

2. Who told a judge, on July 6, 2018, "I know there was some number that were--at one point were--remained in Marshal Service custody" (826)?

3. What state does Senator Jeff Merkley represent?

4. How many bedrooms were there in the Casa Padre shelter when the author toured the facility in June of 2018?

5. What ages were the "tender aged" classified as by immigration officials, according to the author in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the public response to the author's reporting on his tour of Casa Padre in June of 2018?

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

3. What were the social media reactions of former First Ladies in response to the child separations in June of 2018?

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

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

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 charges did Juan receive from Border Patrol after crossing into the U.S.?

8. What is Los Zetas and how did it influence Juan's journey to the U.S. border?

9. Who is Lindsay Toczylowski and for what organization was she working in June of 2018?

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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