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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Rope.
(b) Hand clasp.
(c) Ladder.
(d) Bridge.

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

3. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 2000s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

4. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Police.
(b) Border Patrol.
(c) Vigilante.
(d) Bribe.

5. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?

2. At the end of Part Four, Luiselli quotes a little girl stating her reason for coming to the United States. What does the little girl say was her reason for coming?

3. The charge against a child immigrant fundamentally states "that the child came to the United States without lawful permission and is therefore" (58)?

4. By whom does Manu say he had been raised until a year ago?

5. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?

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