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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

2. How old is Manu at the time he is interviewed by Luiselli?
(a) 8.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

3. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?
(a) A parent.
(b) A humanitarian worker.
(c) A sibling.
(d) A coyote.

4. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?
(a) A crack in the veneer.
(b) A hard outer shell.
(c) A fly in the ointment.
(d) A thin crust.

5. What activity does Luiselli wonder if she is still allowed to do after she is forced to temporarily resign from her teaching position?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Reporting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Contacting the child refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?

2. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

3. Luiselli jokes with Manu during their first interview, saying that the two of them are only enemies in what sport?

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

5. Luiselli states, "It was clear that our only role in the court was to serve as a fragile and slippery" (67) what between the refugee children and the United States court system?

(see the answer key)

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