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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. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?
(a) The field asking the child's current address.
(b) The field asking the name of the coyote associated with the child's journey.
(c) The field asking the whereabouts of a child's parents.
(d) The field asking the date a child had departed from his or her home country.

2. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?
(a) A crack in the veneer.
(b) A hard outer shell.
(c) A thin crust.
(d) A fly in the ointment.

3. What course does Luiselli describe teaching at Hofstra University?
(a) English.
(b) Advanced Conversation.
(c) Cultural Anthropology.
(d) Law and Society.

4. To what location does Luiselli compare when describing how an immigrant begins to think of his or her home country after a long time living in the United States?
(a) A post office.
(b) A beach.
(c) A bank.
(d) A backyard.

5. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli is a resident of what city at the time of the essay's writing?

2. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

3. Which of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?

4. With whom had the mother of the two Guatemalan girls left the girls when migrating to the United States?

5. Luiselli states that to live in the United States, immigrants will unlearn what system?

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