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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the screening questionnaire used by Luiselli in her interviews with child refugees?
(a) The United States Department of Homeland Security.
(b) The Mexican government.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Immigrant Children Advocates' Relief Effort.

2. What is La Bestia?
(a) A train.
(b) A river system.
(c) A bus.
(d) A gondola.

3. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 2000s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1980s.

4. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

5. The person who meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on the author's first day of work at the New York immigration court introduces the author immediately to two members of what organization?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The Door.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The FBI.

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. Where does Manu keep the police report that he shows to Luiselli on her first day conducting interviews?

3. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

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 objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?

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