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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?
(a) Journey.
(b) Future.
(c) Life.
(d) Struggle.

2. Luiselli states that she and her niece "almost always leave immigration court" (68) in what manner?
(a) With reluctance.
(b) In haste.
(c) In silence.
(d) Only when they are exhausted.

3. What course does Luiselli describe teaching at Hofstra University?
(a) Cultural Anthropology.
(b) Advanced Conversation.
(c) English.
(d) Law and Society.

4. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?
(a) The Western Triangle.
(b) The Northern Triangle.
(c) The Southern Triangle.
(d) The Eastern Triangle.

5. What type of transportation do Luiselli and her niece utilize to get home from their first day conducting interviews, causing the author to think of the mystical quality of the boy's police report?
(a) Train.
(b) Subway.
(c) Trolley.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The organization called TIIA has an acronym that plays on the Spanish word for what English term?

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

3. What does the term catracho mean?

4. Whom does Luiselli assert knows the answer to the question inquiring why people migrate from their home countries to the United States?

5. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

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