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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) An excuse.
(b) A tourniquet.
(c) Security.
(d) Backup.

2. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?
(a) Screening.
(b) Lining.
(c) Prioritizing.
(d) Triage.

3. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?
(a) Two million.
(b) Two hundred thousand
(c) A million.
(d) Half a million.

4. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?
(a) The United States.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Mexico.

5. Where does Manu keep the police report that he shows to Luiselli on her first day conducting interviews?
(a) In his hat.
(b) In his pants pocket.
(c) In his backpack.
(d) In his shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18 gangs originate?

2. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?

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

4. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?

5. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?

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