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

2. What is La Bestia?
(a) A train.
(b) A gondola.
(c) A river system.
(d) A bus.

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

4. What is Luiselli's reply when Manu asks her where she is from during the interview?
(a) She says that she is albierto.
(b) She says that she is a catracho.
(c) She says that she is a chilanga.
(d) She says she is a gato.

5. On what topic does Nimmi Gowrinathan deliver a lecture when visiting Luiselli's class?
(a) Humanitarian efforts.
(b) Political activism.
(c) White privilege.
(d) Classism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The words migrants learn on the way to the United States contains the sentiment that to arrive is what?

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

3. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?

4. A person with what job meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on Luiselli's first day of work at the New York immigration court?

5. The organization called TIIA has an acronym that plays on the Spanish word for what English term?

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