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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli states that to take what action "is the founding myth of" (98) American society?
(a) To leave.
(b) To stay.
(c) To succeed.
(d) To belong.

2. What course does Luiselli describe teaching at Hofstra University?
(a) English.
(b) Law and Society.
(c) Advanced Conversation.
(d) Cultural Anthropology.

3. When the Luiselli's students present their plan outlining the rest of the semester, how do they want to spend the remaining class time?
(a) Creating a political student organization.
(b) Administering care to refugee children.
(c) Writing to the Legislature.
(d) Cleaning up the neighborhood.

4. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?
(a) They are saddened by the mention of the words.
(b) They are excited by the mention of the words.
(c) They are terrified by the mention of the words.
(d) They are ashamed at the mention of the words.

5. Who else had lived with Manu prior to a year ago, besides his guardian?
(a) His grandfather and sister.
(b) His two cousins.
(c) His cousin and brother.
(d) His uncle and three cousins.

6. One day while Luiselli and her niece are walking to the train station, Luiselli's niece that she has decided to major in what course of study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Education.
(c) Law.
(d) Social work.

7. Luiselli asserts that in what state many public schools deny immigrant children entry based on the illegal practice of asking for proper immigration paperwork?
(a) New York.
(b) Florida.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

8. The charge against a child immigrant fundamentally states "that the child came to the United States without lawful permission and is therefore" (58)?
(a) An alien.
(b) A resident.
(c) Removable.
(d) Unable to apply for asylum or immigrant status.

9. Luiselli asserts that the main element needed to help the children involved in the refugee crisis since 2014 is what?
(a) Doctors who will work for limited pay.
(b) Lawyers who will work pro bono.
(c) Methods of communication between children and parents.
(d) The privatization of the coyote role.

10. In what month of 2015 does Luiselli report beginning the essay entitled Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) November.

11. The Guatemalan girls in Luiselli's depiction of their interview are what ages?
(a) 5 and 7.
(b) 2 and 3.
(c) 9 and 13.
(d) 12 and 15.

12. The words migrants learn as they are on their way to the United States contain the sentiment that to leave is to do what a little?
(a) Melt.
(b) Live.
(c) Die.
(d) Break.

13. How does the older of the two sisters from Guatemala respond when Luiselli asks her how old she had been when she had first attended school?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) She says that she has never attended school.
(d) 13.

14. What is Manu's last name?
(a) Torres.
(b) Dominguez.
(c) Lopez.
(d) Laffrado.

15. To what location does Luiselli compare when describing how an immigrant begins to think of his or her home country after a long time living in the United States?
(a) A backyard.
(b) A beach.
(c) A post office.
(d) A bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part Four of Valeria Luiselli's essay Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?

2. What kind of court must make a ruling before a child immigrant can even request Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status in the immigration court?

3. At the end of Part Four, Luiselli quotes a little girl stating her reason for coming to the United States. What does the little girl say was her reason for coming?

4. Luiselli states that "It only takes a group of ten motivated students to begin making" (95) what kind of difference?

5. What is the name of Manu's aunt?

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