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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 process by which a child refugee is asked questions during an intake interview is called what?
(a) Prioritizing.
(b) Screening.
(c) Lining.
(d) Triage.

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) New York City.
(b) Lexington, Kentucky.
(c) Roswell, New Mexico.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

3. What emotion does Luiselli's student share with her after they drop Manu off at his house?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shame.

4. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?
(a) Quito.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Tijuana.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part Four of Valeria Luiselli's essay Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?

2. For what reason does Luiselli leave Manu's real name out of the essay?

3. The family member Manu describes as the one who had always been the one sending money had lived in what location?

4. At the time of Luiselli's first interview of Manu, with whom is Manu living?

5. Who created the screening questionnaire used by Luiselli in her interviews with child refugees?

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