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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli is a resident of what city at the time of the essay's writing?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

2. 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 FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Door.

3. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?
(a) A parent.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A humanitarian worker.
(d) A sibling.

4. 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) Sunnier.
(d) More cynical.

5. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?
(a) A bodyguard.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A wolverine.
(d) A jackal.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

2. In what borough of New York City is the organization located that provides immigrant children and teenagers with valuable resources?

3. How old was Luiselli's niece at the time she accompanied her aunt to Luiselli's first day as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?

4. 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?

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

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