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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?
(a) The field asking the name of the coyote associated with the child's journey.
(b) The field asking the whereabouts of a child's parents.
(c) The field asking the date a child had departed from his or her home country.
(d) The field asking the child's current address.

2. What kind of court must make a ruling before a child immigrant can even request Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status in the immigration court?
(a) Civil court.
(b) Immigration court.
(c) Criminal court.
(d) Family court.

3. What number interview was Luiselli's interview with Manu?
(a) Her 1st.
(b) Her 36th.
(c) Her 100th.
(d) Her 13th.

4. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?
(a) Resident aliens.
(b) Pending aliens.
(c) Removable aliens.
(d) Nonresident aliens.

5. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?
(a) 34%.
(b) 54%.
(c) 64%.
(d) 94%.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country had Manu fled, ending up in the screening room with Luiselli?

2. By whom does Manu say he had been raised until a year ago?

3. 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?

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 point of view does Luiselli say she utilizes when recording the children's answers to her interview questions?

(see the answer key)

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