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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. How many bedrooms were there in the Casa Padre shelter when the author toured the facility in June of 2018?
2. Who was the assistant chief patrol agent in the Rio Grande Valley Sector that led the tour for the author and other journalists at the CPC in June of 2018?
3. Who was the press aide to Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen in June of 2018?
4. What former First Lady published a piece in the Washington Post decrying the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy 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 Jeff Merkley's association with the Casa Padre facility?
2. According to the author's presentation of events, who was most responsible for getting Trump to reverse his separation policy? Why?
3. Where was Juan transported after his first detainment by the border?
4. What were the conditions like for Juan while he was detained in Victorville, according to the author in Part One, Chapter 7?
5. What was the public response to the author's reporting on his tour of Casa Padre in June of 2018?
6. Where was Juan and José taken when they were apprehended by Border Patrol? How is this setting described?
7. How does the author describe the artwork and murals at the Casa Padre shelter when he toured it in June of 2018?
8. What was the capacity and population at Casa Padre when Soboroff toured the facility in June of 2018? What were the implications of this?
9. What charges did Juan receive from Border Patrol after crossing into the U.S.?
10. Who is Katie Waldman and what role did she play in the Trump administration?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the issue of drug trafficking as it relates to border protection. How many drugs enter the country through the southern U.S. border? How do the drugs get past the border and into American hands? What do you think should be done to address drug trafficking from Mexico?
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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