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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?
(a) Journey.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Future.
(d) Life.

4. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2014.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2011.

5. What is La Bestia?
(a) A gondola.
(b) A bus.
(c) A train.
(d) A river system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that the media's final point about the refugee children often comes as a warning that if the children stay, they will take what action?

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

3. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?

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

5. With whom does Luiselli live?

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