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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states that much later, she had come to understand that what she and her niece "were really doing that morning [on the first day of their new jobs] was providing" what "for organizations dealing with an emergency" (38)?
(a) A tourniquet.
(b) An excuse.
(c) Security.
(d) Backup.

2. In what city did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Rio.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

5. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?
(a) A thin crust.
(b) A hard outer shell.
(c) A fly in the ointment.
(d) A crack in the veneer.

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

7. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A bodyguard.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A wolverine.

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

9. What is NOT contained in the police report Manu presents to Luiselli during her first-ever interview of a child refugee?
(a) Gang members had been urging him to traffic drugs.
(b) Gang members had waited outside of the boy's high school every day.
(c) Gang members had been threatening to kill him.
(d) Gang members had been following the boy home.

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

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

12. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?
(a) Pending aliens.
(b) Resident aliens.
(c) Nonresident aliens.
(d) Removable aliens.

13. 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) Future.
(c) Journey.
(d) Struggle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?

2. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?

3. Luiselli notes that every member of the organization that provides resources to child and teenage refugees has what quality?

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. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?

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