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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda: Eight Brief Postscripts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The family member Manu describes as the one who had always been the one sending money had lived in what location?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Mexico.
(c) New York City.
(d) Honduras.

2. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?
(a) They are terrified by the mention of the words.
(b) They are saddened by the mention of the words.
(c) They are excited by the mention of the words.
(d) They are ashamed at the mention of the words.

3. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?
(a) Two million.
(b) A million.
(c) Half a million.
(d) Two hundred thousand

4. The student described by Luiselli as half-Colombian and half-Turkish brings what object to class with him every day?
(a) A pager.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A skateboard.
(d) An abacus.

5. What does the term catracho mean?
(a) A person from Juarez.
(b) A person from Mexico City.
(c) A person from Chile.
(d) A person from Honduras.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?

2. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?

3. Luiselli states that there are things that an only be understood in what manner?

4. 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?

5. Which of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?

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