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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Community .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Rio.
(d) Mexico City.

2. In what language is the list of memory-joggers written upon the whiteboard on Luiselli's first day interviewing child refugees?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Arabic.

3. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Oracle, Arizona.
(c) Tempe, Arizona.
(d) Mesa, Arizona.

4. 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) Flies.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Mosquitoes.

5. What is the title of Part Four of Valeria Luiselli's essay Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?
(a) Court.
(b) Family.
(c) Coda.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli's students told her that they wanted to transform one type of capital into another. What type of capital did they want to trade for another?

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

3. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?

4. What type of transportation do Luiselli and her niece utilize to get home from their first day conducting interviews, causing the author to think of the mystical quality of the boy's police report?

5. Who is prohibited from joining the children during their interviews with Luiselli?

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