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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. Where was Juan taken to be booked into a staging facility after spending three nights detained by Border Patrol at the Yuma station?

2. What is the title of Chapter 8?

3. Who was the deputy assistant director in ICE's custody management division 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. The federal prison in Victorville is said to house over how many inmates in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was notable about First Lady Melania Trump's visit to the border on June 21, 2018?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What were the social media reactions of former First Ladies in response to the child separations 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 orders did Judge Dana Sabraw issue 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the changes in U.S. immigration policy between the Obama and Trump administrations. How many deportations took place under each administration? What policies were enacted or dissolved during each administration? How did these numbers influence those seeking to cross the border illegally?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss DACA and the DREAMERS Act. What did each of these policies mean for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.? Why were they threatened under the Trump administration? What is the status of these policies today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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