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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 year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1999.

2. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Brazil.
(d) El Salvador.

3. 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.

4. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?
(a) A road map.
(b) A paint set.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A pencil sharpener.

5. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?
(a) The Northern Triangle.
(b) The Western Triangle.
(c) The Eastern Triangle.
(d) The Southern Triangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?

2. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?

3. Luiselli asserts that until what action is taken, "solutions to the [refugee] crisis will be impossible" (46)?

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

5. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?

(see the answer key)

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