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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?
(a) Quito.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Luiselli asserts that a state compliance review ruled the practice of schools asking for immigration paperwork as what?
(a) An act of hate crime.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Unconstitutional.
(d) Improper.

3. Luiselli asserts that in what state many public schools deny immigrant children entry based on the illegal practice of asking for proper immigration paperwork?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Florida.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. Luiselli states that there are things that an only be understood in what manner?
(a) Intuitively.
(b) With the help of a community.
(c) Instinctually.
(d) Retroactively.

5. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?
(a) A paint set.
(b) A road map.
(c) A pencil sharpener.
(d) A xylophone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that "the main problem with asylum is that if it's granted, the children can never" (59) take what action?

2. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

3. 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?

4. Luiselli points out the sad irony of the situation when she states that "if the child answers the questionnaire" (61) in what manner, "he or she is more likely to have a case strong enough to increase its chances of being placed with a pro bono attorney" (61)?

5. What does Manu say about why he stopped residing with the person with whom he had lived the previous year?

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