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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the older of the two sisters from Guatemala respond when Luiselli asks her how old she had been when she had first attended school?
(a) She says that she has never attended school.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

2. In what city does Luiselli's family learn that many refugee children from Honduras are being deported back to their home country after just having arrived in the United States?
(a) Roswell, New Mexico.
(b) New York City.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Lexington, Kentucky.

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

4. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?
(a) The Chamizal Convention.
(b) The TRIPS agreement.
(c) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(d) The Treaty of Dannemora.

5. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Oracle, Arizona.
(c) Tempe, Arizona.
(d) Mesa, Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?

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. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?

5. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

(see the answer key)

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