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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The person who meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on the author's first day of work at the New York immigration court introduces the author immediately to two members of what organization?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Door.

2. What is Luiselli's reply when Manu asks her where she is from during the interview?
(a) She says she is a gato.
(b) She says that she is a catracho.
(c) She says that she is albierto.
(d) She says that she is a chilanga.

3. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?
(a) Crayons and paper.
(b) Books.
(c) Video games.
(d) Board games.

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)?
(a) Truthfully.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Correctly.
(d) Deceptively.

5. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?
(a) Calls from family members in Mexico.
(b) Radio.
(c) Online searches.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?

3. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?

4. 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)?

5. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?

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