2. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?
(a) Brazil.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Guatemala.

3. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?
(a) Are you a member of the Socialist party?
(b) Have you ever knowingly committed a crime of moral turpitude?
(c) Are you a member of the Communist party?
(d) Do you intend to practice polygamy?

4. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 24 months.
(b) 21 months.
(c) 21 days.
(d) 6 months.

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

6. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Carter.
(c) Obama.
(d) Trump.

7. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Smugglers.

8. What is NOT a duty performed by Luiselli in her role as an interpreter?
(a) Recording the children's answers.
(b) Translating the children's answers for lawyers.
(c) Interviewing the children in court.
(d) Getting coffee for her partner.

9. Luiselli states that most of the children involved in the refugee crisis of 2014 are from all but which of the following countries?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Venezuela.

10. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?
(a) Mesa, Arizona.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Oracle, Arizona.
(d) Tempe, Arizona.

11. 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) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) New York City.
(d) Roswell, New Mexico.

12. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?
(a) Handwritten notes from prior research.
(b) A car GPS system.
(c) A navigation app on their phones.
(d) A map.

13. In what borough of New York City is the organization located that provides immigrant children and teenagers with valuable resources?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Manhattan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?

2. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?

3. With whom does Luiselli live?

4. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?

5. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?

(see the answer keys)

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