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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 right does Luiselli say "United States law guarantees" for all children, "no matter their nationality or immigrant status" (92)?
(a) Access to medical care.
(b) Free public education.
(c) Citizenship.
(d) The right to work.

2. What does Luiselli tell her daughter when her daughter asks how a particular child refugee's story ends?
(a) She tells her daughter that she does not know how it ends yet.
(b) She tells her daughter that she will never know how it ends.
(c) She tells her daughter that she refuses to say how it ends.
(d) She tells her daughter that she does not want to know how it ends.

3. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?
(a) Smugglers.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Snipers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term catracho mean?

2. Luiselli states that by November 2015, what event had still not happened?

3. Luiselli asserts that until what action is taken, "solutions to the [refugee] crisis will be impossible" (46)?

4. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?

5. What is Manu's last name?

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