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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?
(a) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States at the same time as the child.
(b) Reunification with a family member who had migrated to the United States years earlier.
(c) To get a job and send money back to other family members in the child's home country.
(d) To seek a better life in pursuit of the American Dream.

3. Luiselli asserts that until what action is taken, "solutions to the [refugee] crisis will be impossible" (46)?
(a) Until every involved charity organization acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(b) Until every involved government acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(c) Until every involved financial institution acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(d) Until every involved polluter acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.

4. The person who meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on the author's first day of work at the New York immigration court introduces the author immediately to two members of what organization?
(a) The Door.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FBI.
(d) Amnesty International.

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

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

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

8. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?
(a) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(b) The Treaty of Dannemora.
(c) The Chamizal Convention.
(d) The TRIPS agreement.

9. What is La Bestia?
(a) A river system.
(b) A bus.
(c) A gondola.
(d) A train.

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

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

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

13. 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) Blankets.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Flies.

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

15. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?
(a) Scaffolding.
(b) A brick.
(c) A light bulb.
(d) A blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?

2. How old was Luiselli's niece at the time she accompanied her aunt to Luiselli's first day as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?

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

4. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?

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

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