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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?
(a) 92.
(b) 63.
(c) 45.
(d) 72.

2. What type of transportation do Luiselli and her niece utilize to get home from their first day conducting interviews, causing the author to think of the mystical quality of the boy's police report?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Trolley.
(c) Subway.
(d) Train.

3. Luiselli asserts that in what state many public schools deny immigrant children entry based on the illegal practice of asking for proper immigration paperwork?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

4. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?
(a) Board games.
(b) Video games.
(c) Books.
(d) Crayons and paper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which question on the screening questionnaire does Luiselli describe as "the one that often opens Pandora's box" (73)?

2. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?

3. The organization S.T.R.O.N.G. is a nonprofit that focuses on teenagers in what location who are vulnerable to falling prey to gangs?

4. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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