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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the online documents portal of the federal court system called?
2. Who was the acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner in February of 2017?
3. Where has NBC News Los Angeles been based since 2014?
4. Where was José from, as described in the Prologue?
5. Who was the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services in September of 2017?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe John Kelly's career. What was his position within the Trump administration?
2. What is the HHS and what is its mission?
3. What does ASPR refer to and what is its mission?
4. When, where, and why was the Homestead temporary shelter for migrant children opened?
5. What is the ORR and what is its mission?
6. What is the DHS and what is its mission?
7. How far and long was Juan and José's journey to the U.S. border? Where did they reach the border?
8. How does the author connect his trip to Greenland with immigration?
9. What is the ACLU and what is its mission?
10. What does DOJ refer to, and what is its mission?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does author Jacob Soboroff employ irony in Separated: Inside an American Tragedy? What aspects of irony relate to the border wall? How does irony apply to the mural in the Casa Padre children's shelter? How do these and other examples of irony serve the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the narrative of Juan and José's story in the book. Where were Juan and José from? How far did they travel to reach the U.S. border? How did they cross the border? What happened once they were apprehended by Border Patrol?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy and what it meant for migrants attempting to cross the border into the United States. How did the policy lend to the separation of families? How did this policy affect detainments at the borders? What became of this policy?
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