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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?
(a) Life.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Journey.
(d) Future.

2. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?
(a) 64%.
(b) 54%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 94%.

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

4. 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) Mosquitoes.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Locusts.

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

6. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?
(a) 80.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 60.

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

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

9. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Online searches.
(c) Calls from family members in Mexico.
(d) Radio.

10. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1886.

11. With whom does Luiselli live?
(a) Her husband and her two daughters.
(b) Her husband and his son and her daughter.
(c) Her husband and their two sons.
(d) Her husband and his son.

12. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?
(a) When did you enter the United States?
(b) Has anyone hurt you since you have been in the United States?
(c) Have you been threatened by gangs?
(d) Why did you come to the United States?

13. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A skeleton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?

3. In what city did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18 gangs originate?

4. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

5. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?

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