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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of transportation do Luiselli and her niece utilize to get home from their first day conducting interviews, causing the author to think of the mystical quality of the boy's police report?
(a) Train.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Trolley.
(d) Subway.

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

3. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 1000.
(b) 102,000.
(c) 6,600.
(d) 35,000.

4. Whose point of view does Luiselli claim is always ignored within the struggle to understand the refugee crisis?
(a) The parents of the child refugees.
(b) The child refugees.
(c) The Democrats.
(d) The Republicans.

5. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?
(a) A vague promise to set up a sting operation.
(b) A vague promise to conduct a few interviews.
(c) A vague promise to investigate.
(d) A vague promise to prosecute.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

2. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?

3. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

4. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

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

(see the answer key)

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