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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The White House.
(c) The building at 26 Federal Plaza.
(d) The Capitol Building.

2. What county does Luiselli say is guilty of denying entrance to many children based on their lack of appropriate immigration papers?
(a) King.
(b) Broward.
(c) Clark.
(d) Nassau.

3. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Segway.
(c) Subway.
(d) Train.

4. To what type of building does Luiselli compare the screening room where she interviews child refugees?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A church.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) A school.

5. What does the term catracho mean?
(a) A person from Honduras.
(b) A person from Mexico City.
(c) A person from Juarez.
(d) A person from Chile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Guatemalan girls in Luiselli's depiction of their interview are what ages?

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

3. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?

4. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?

5. Luiselli asserts that the main element needed to help the children involved in the refugee crisis since 2014 is what?

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