1. What is the ultimate goal of Luiselli's work with child refugees?
(a) To give them a safe space to tell their stories.
(b) To build a defense against their deportation.
(c) To write a book about the refugee crisis.
(d) To ensure they will be reunited with their families.

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

3. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?
(a) Nonresident aliens.
(b) Resident aliens.
(c) Removable aliens.
(d) Pending aliens.

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

5. 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?
(a) Colder.
(b) More brutal.
(c) More cynical.
(d) Sunnier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that the media's final point about the refugee children often comes as a warning that if the children stay, they will take what action?

2. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?

3. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?

4. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?

5. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?

(see the answer key)

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