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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. What urge does Luiselli have to quell when she first sees the man wearing the Make America Great Again hat?
(a) The urge to ask him his intentions.
(b) The urge to ask him if he is a racist.
(c) The urge to snatch his hat off.
(d) The urge to insult him.

2. How many students were in Luiselli's first class upon being hired at Hofstra University?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

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

4. From what country had Manu fled, ending up in the screening room with Luiselli?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Honduras.
(d) El Salvador.

5. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?
(a) A map.
(b) A navigation app on their phones.
(c) A car GPS system.
(d) Handwritten notes from prior research.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of building does Luiselli compare the screening room where she interviews child refugees?

2. What organization does Luiselli name as the main good thing happening when everything else in the United States is seemingly falling apart?

3. The charge against a child immigrant fundamentally states "that the child came to the United States without lawful permission and is therefore" (58)?

4. What country is NOT represented within the group that shows up to the event planned by Luiselli's students?

5. When Luiselli arrives in her classroom and sees her students wearing their Refugees Welcome Here tee shirts, she says it had been hard not to take what action?

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