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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 is NOT an adjective Luiselli uses to describe the reality revealed by the intake questionnaire for undocumented children, when compared to the United States green card application?
(a) Sunnier.
(b) More brutal.
(c) More cynical.
(d) Colder.

2. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?
(a) They say a few months ago.
(b) They say last year.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They say on their birthday.

3. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

4. To what type of building does Luiselli compare the screening room where she interviews child refugees?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A school.
(c) A church.
(d) A doctor's office.

5. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?
(a) A vague promise to prosecute.
(b) A vague promise to conduct a few interviews.
(c) A vague promise to investigate.
(d) A vague promise to set up a sting operation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states, "It was clear that our only role in the court was to serve as a fragile and slippery" (67) what between the refugee children and the United States court system?

2. Luiselli asserts that the main element needed to help the children involved in the refugee crisis since 2014 is what?

3. The T visa is granted by the United States government to whom?

4. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?

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

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