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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Capitol Building.
(c) The building at 26 Federal Plaza.
(d) The White House.

2. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?
(a) Kansas.
(b) New York.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Mississippi.

3. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?
(a) The field asking the date a child had departed from his or her home country.
(b) The field asking the name of the coyote associated with the child's journey.
(c) The field asking the child's current address.
(d) The field asking the whereabouts of a child's parents.

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

5. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 18 months.

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

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

8. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?
(a) A pencil sharpener.
(b) A road map.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A paint set.

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

10. 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) Struggle.
(b) Life.
(c) Journey.
(d) Future.

11. 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) Tempe, Arizona.
(b) Mesa, Arizona.
(c) Oracle, Arizona.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

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

13. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?
(a) They say last year.
(b) They say a few months ago.
(c) They say on their birthday.
(d) They say they do not know.

14. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2001.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?

2. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?

3. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

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

5. What is La Bestia?

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