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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Community .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states that to live in the United States, immigrants will accept that how many degrees is the dividing line between cold and freezing?
(a) 212.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 0.

2. What words does Luiselli say migrants learn when they are on their way to the United States?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) The plea for asylum in English.
(c) The Immigrant's Prayer.
(d) Miranda rights.

3. The words migrants learn on the way to the United States contains the sentiment that to arrive is what?
(a) Never to arrive.
(b) To belong.
(c) To arrive.
(d) To find home.

4. How old is Manu at the time he is interviewed by Luiselli?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

5. The T visa is granted by the United States government to whom?
(a) Victims of human trafficking.
(b) People who are fleeing persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and/or association with a particular social group.
(c) Children whose parents are proven to be deceased.
(d) Victims of certain crimes determined by the government on a case-by-case basis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that "It only takes a group of ten motivated students to begin making" (95) what kind of difference?

2. Luiselli states that she and her niece "almost always leave immigration court" (68) in what manner?

3. On what topic does Nimmi Gowrinathan deliver a lecture when visiting Luiselli's class?

4. How old was Luiselli's niece at the time she accompanied her aunt to Luiselli's first day as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?

5. What is the name of Manu's aunt?

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