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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 1000.
(b) 102,000.
(c) 6,600.
(d) 35,000.

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

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

4. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?
(a) A brick.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A light bulb.
(d) Scaffolding.

5. Who created the screening questionnaire used by Luiselli in her interviews with child refugees?
(a) The Immigrant Children Advocates' Relief Effort.
(b) The United States Department of Homeland Security.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Mexican government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?

2. Luiselli states that most of the children involved in the refugee crisis of 2014 are from all but which of the following countries?

3. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?

4. A person with what job meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on Luiselli's first day of work at the New York immigration court?

5. What is the ultimate goal of Luiselli's work with child refugees?

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