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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda: Eight Brief Postscripts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Roswell, New Mexico.
(c) New York City.
(d) Lexington, Kentucky.

2. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?
(a) The author had been instructed to shadow a lawyer for a whole week before interviewing children on her own.
(b) The author had been instructed to shadow a lawyer for a whole day before interviewing children on her own.
(c) The author had been instructed to watch a video about the process before interviewing children on her own.
(d) The author had been instructed to watch from behind a two-way mirror before interviewing children on her own.

3. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?
(a) Kansas.
(b) New York.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Mississippi.

4. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Carter.
(c) Trump.
(d) Obama.

5. What activity does Luiselli wonder if she is still allowed to do after she is forced to temporarily resign from her teaching position?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Reporting.
(c) Contacting the child refugees.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some boys from what gang had waited outside of Manu's school one day, kicking off events that would end in tragedy?

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

3. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?

4. What county does Luiselli say is guilty of denying entrance to many children based on their lack of appropriate immigration papers?

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

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