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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 that to live in the United States, immigrants will unlearn what system?
(a) The metric system.
(b) The public transportation system.
(c) The legal system.
(d) The moral code.

2. How many students were in Luiselli's first class upon being hired at Hofstra University?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

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

4. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?
(a) Has anyone hurt you since you have been in the United States?
(b) Have you been threatened by gangs?
(c) Why did you come to the United States?
(d) When did you enter the United States?

5. Luiselli states that to take what action "is the founding myth of" (98) American society?
(a) To leave.
(b) To succeed.
(c) To stay.
(d) To belong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli asserts that a state compliance review ruled the practice of schools asking for immigration paperwork as what?

2. Luiselli sarcastically remarks that if an immigrant gets really comfortable in the United States, he or she may even begin to celebrate whom?

3. What does the term catracho mean?

4. The process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?

5. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?

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