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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 21 months.
(c) 21 days.
(d) 24 months.

2. 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 prosecute.
(d) A vague promise to investigate.

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

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

5. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?
(a) A light bulb.
(b) A brick.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Scaffolding.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?

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

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

4. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

5. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

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