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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states that if the sisters' "answers didn't align with what the law considers reason enough for the right to protection, the only possible ending to their story was going to be" (66) what?
(a) A deportation order.
(b) A reunion with family.
(c) A bleak future.
(d) A death sentence.

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Bribe.
(b) Police.
(c) Vigilante.
(d) Border Patrol.

3. Which of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

4. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?
(a) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States years earlier.
(b) To get a job and send money back to other family members in the child's home country.
(c) To seek a better life in pursuit of the American Dream.
(d) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States at the same time as the child.

5. 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 cynical.
(c) Sunnier.
(d) More brutal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?

2. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?

3. Who else had lived with Manu prior to a year ago, besides his guardian?

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

5. What does Luiselli tell her daughter when her daughter asks how a particular child refugee's story ends?

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