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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Part I: Border.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Border Patrol.
(b) Bribe.
(c) Vigilante.
(d) Police.

2. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?
(a) A sibling.
(b) A humanitarian worker.
(c) A parent.
(d) A coyote.

3. 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 date a child had departed from his or her home country.
(b) The field asking the child's current address.
(c) The field asking the whereabouts of a child's parents.
(d) The field asking the name of the coyote associated with the child's journey.

4. 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.

5. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Smugglers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an adjective Luiselli uses to describe the reality revealed by the intake questionnaire for undocumented children, when compared to the United States green card application?

2. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?

3. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

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

5. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?

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