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

2. In what city does Luiselli's family learn that many refugee children from Honduras are being deported back to their home country after just having arrived in the United States?
(a) Lexington, Kentucky.
(b) Roswell, New Mexico.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) New York City.

3. Luiselli is a resident of what city at the time of the essay's writing?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

4. Luiselli states that if the sisters' "answers didn't align with what the law considers reason enough for the right to protection, the only possible ending to their story was going to be" (66) what?
(a) A bleak future.
(b) A deportation order.
(c) A reunion with family.
(d) A death sentence.

5. What type of person is NOT listed among the people Luiselli brought to speak to her first group of students at Hofstra University?
(a) Activists.
(b) Social workers.
(c) Professors.
(d) Political scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 2015 does Luiselli report beginning the essay entitled Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?

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

3. In what language is the list of memory-joggers written upon the whiteboard on Luiselli's first day interviewing child refugees?

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

5. The author asserts that "the United States is a country full of" (95) what?

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