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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 color paint does Luiselli's six-year-old daughter cover her face as she announces that she is getting ready for when Trump is president?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

2. What feeling does her students' enthusiasm and hope for the future at least momentarily dampen within Luiselli's own mind?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Despair.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pride.

3. One day while Luiselli and her niece are walking to the train station, Luiselli's niece that she has decided to major in what course of study?
(a) Law.
(b) Social work.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Education.

4. Enrique Pena Nieto is the president of what country at the time of the coda's writing?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Chile.
(d) Venezuela.

5. Whose point of view does Luiselli claim is always ignored within the struggle to understand the refugee crisis?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) The child refugees.
(c) The parents of the child refugees.
(d) The Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Luiselli headed when she encounters the man with the Make America Great Again hat?

2. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

3. How many students were in Luiselli's first class upon being hired at Hofstra University?

4. What does Luiselli decide to do when she wants to support her students' efforts?

5. What does Luiselli tell her daughter when her daughter asks how a particular child refugee's story ends?

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