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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 much later, she had come to understand that what she and her niece "were really doing that morning [on the first day of their new jobs] was providing" what "for organizations dealing with an emergency" (38)?
(a) Backup.
(b) A tourniquet.
(c) An excuse.
(d) Security.

2. What happened to cause Luiselli to have to temporarily resign from her teaching position?
(a) Her work permit expired.
(b) A client filed a lawsuit against her.
(c) Her passport expired.
(d) A lawyer needed her full-time help with a case.

3. What right does Luiselli say "United States law guarantees" for all children, "no matter their nationality or immigrant status" (92)?
(a) The right to work.
(b) Access to medical care.
(c) Citizenship.
(d) Free public education.

4. The Guatemalan girls in Luiselli's depiction of their interview are what ages?
(a) 2 and 3.
(b) 12 and 15.
(c) 5 and 7.
(d) 9 and 13.

5. Luiselli states that most of the children involved in the refugee crisis of 2014 are from all but which of the following countries?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) El Salvador.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number interview was Luiselli's interview with Manu?

2. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?

3. What moniker does the class decide to refer to itself as during a class meeting?

4. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?

5. To what location does Luiselli compare when describing how an immigrant begins to think of his or her home country after a long time living in the United States?

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