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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 emotion does Luiselli's student share with her after they drop Manu off at his house?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Sadness.

2. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?
(a) They are saddened by the mention of the words.
(b) They are excited by the mention of the words.
(c) They are terrified by the mention of the words.
(d) They are ashamed at the mention of the words.

3. Luiselli states that to live in the United States, immigrants will unlearn what system?
(a) The public transportation system.
(b) The legal system.
(c) The moral code.
(d) The metric system.

4. After what length of time working with the Door in the immigration court cases does Luiselli begin to experience "feelings of frustration and defeat"?
(a) After a year.
(b) After a month.
(c) After a few months.
(d) After two weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which question on the screening questionnaire does Luiselli describe as "the one that often opens Pandora's box" (73)?

2. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?

3. In what year did Luiselli write the Coda section?

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

5. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?

(see the answer key)

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