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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. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

2. 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)?
(a) Three "eye-roll" emojis.
(b) Three "laughing" emojis."
(c) Three "face-palm" emojis.
(d) Three "sad-face" emojis.

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

4. In the memo that opens Chapter 9, James De La Cruz wrote that the primary task was to reconnect every single separated child in their network of care to his or her detained parent by the close of the business day on what date?
(a) February 2, 2018.
(b) March 12, 2017.
(c) January 20, 2017.
(d) July 2, 2018.

5. Who was the regional director for BCFS in July of 2018?
(a) Steven Wagner.
(b) John Mitnick.
(c) Andrew Carter.
(d) John Mitnick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS on June 21, 2018?

2. 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?

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

4. Who was the press aide to Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen in June of 2018?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Katie Waldman and what role did she play in the Trump administration?

3. What were the conditions like for Juan while he was detained in Victorville, according to the author in Part One, Chapter 7?

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

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

6. What restrictions were in place for the journalists that toured the Casa Padre shelter in June of 2018?

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

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

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

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

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