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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The organization called TIIA has an acronym that plays on the Spanish word for what English term?
(a) Brother.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

2. What words does Luiselli say migrants learn when they are on their way to the United States?
(a) The Immigrant's Prayer.
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) The plea for asylum in English.
(d) Miranda rights.

3. What moniker does the class decide to refer to itself as during a class meeting?
(a) A humanitarian force to be reckoned with.
(b) A Spanish conversation class.
(c) A refugee crisis emergency squad.
(d) A migration think tank.

4. The day before the two sisters left Guatemala, their grandmother sewed what number into the collars of their dresses?
(a) Their mother's phone number.
(b) Their ages.
(c) Their social security numbers.
(d) Their grandfather's address.

5. What is the ultimate goal of Luiselli's work with child refugees?
(a) To give them a safe space to tell their stories.
(b) To ensure they will be reunited with their families.
(c) To build a defense against their deportation.
(d) To write a book about the refugee crisis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?

2. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

3. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?

4. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?

5. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?

(see the answer key)

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