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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 part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?
(a) The author had been instructed to watch from behind a two-way mirror before interviewing children on her own.
(b) The author had been instructed to watch a video about the process before interviewing children on her own.
(c) The author had been instructed to shadow a lawyer for a whole week before interviewing children on her own.
(d) The author had been instructed to shadow a lawyer for a whole day before interviewing children on her own.

2. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?
(a) Train.
(b) Segway.
(c) Subway.
(d) Taxi.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?

2. 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?

3. In what city does Luiselli's family learn that many refugee children from Honduras are being deported back to their home country after just having arrived in the United States?

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

5. Luiselli is a resident of what city at the time of the essay's writing?

(see the answer key)

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