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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view does Luiselli say she utilizes when recording the children's answers to her interview questions?
(a) First and second.
(b) Second and third.
(c) First and third.
(d) Omniscient third.

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

3. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?
(a) A humanitarian worker.
(b) A parent.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A sibling.

4. Who is prohibited from joining the children during their interviews with Luiselli?
(a) ICE officers.
(b) The police.
(c) Their relatives.
(d) Their social workers.

5. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2014.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?

2. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

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

4. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?

5. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?

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