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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. Luiselli plays a song by what artist on repeat as she goes to work while wearing her Refugees Welcome Here shirt?
(a) Tyler the Creator.
(b) Kendrick Lamar.
(c) Marvin Gaye.
(d) Ludacris.

2. What beverage does Luiselli make for herself on the morning when she wears her Refugees Welcome Here shirt?
(a) Kombucha.
(b) Strong coffee.
(c) Watery coffee.
(d) Weak tea.

3. When Luiselli describes the media's treatment of the child refugees, what metaphor does she use to represent how the media treats the children?
(a) Flies.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Mosquitoes.

4. What status does Luiselli announce Manu has gained between the writing of her essay and the writing of its coda?
(a) U status.
(b) SIJ status.
(c) V status.
(d) Asylum status.

5. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 6,600.
(b) 102,000.
(c) 1000.
(d) 35,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?

3. What country is NOT represented within the group that shows up to the event planned by Luiselli's students?

4. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

5. Who else had lived with Manu prior to a year ago, besides his guardian?

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