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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1970s.

2. In what month of 2014 was the refugee crisis discussed by Luiselli officially declared?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) October.

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

4. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2014.
(d) 1990.

5. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Two hundred thousand
(c) Two million.
(d) A million.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Whose point of view does Luiselli claim is always ignored within the struggle to understand the refugee crisis?
(a) The child refugees.
(b) The Republicans.
(c) The parents of the child refugees.
(d) The Democrats.

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

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

14. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Kansas.

15. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?

2. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?

3. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

4. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

5. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?

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