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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Luiselli describes the media's treatment of the child refugees, what metaphor does she use to represent how the media treats the children?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Flies.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Blankets.

2. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?
(a) 63.
(b) 72.
(c) 92.
(d) 45.

3. Asylum is granted by the United States government to whom?
(a) Victims of certain crimes determined by the government on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Children whose parents are proven to be deceased.
(c) People who are fleeing persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and/or association with a particular social group.
(d) Victims of human trafficking.

4. How does the older of the two sisters from Guatemala respond when Luiselli asks her how old she had been when she had first attended school?
(a) 13.
(b) She says that she has never attended school.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

5. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of Luiselli's first interview of Manu, with whom is Manu living?

2. 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?

3. With whom does Luiselli live?

4. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?

5. The U visa is granted by the United States government to whom?

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