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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. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

2. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2014.

3. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Kansas.

4. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A bodyguard.
(c) A jackal.
(d) A wolverine.

5. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?
(a) Lining.
(b) Prioritizing.
(c) Screening.
(d) Triage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?

2. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?

3. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?

4. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?

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?

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