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

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

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

4. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A skeleton.

5. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Tempe, Arizona.
(c) Mesa, Arizona.
(d) Oracle, Arizona.

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 is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?

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

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

5. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?

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