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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?
(a) A vague promise to investigate.
(b) A vague promise to conduct a few interviews.
(c) A vague promise to set up a sting operation.
(d) A vague promise to prosecute.

3. 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.

4. Who is prohibited from joining the children during their interviews with Luiselli?
(a) ICE officers.
(b) Their relatives.
(c) Their social workers.
(d) The police.

5. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luiselli describes the media's treatment of the child refugees, what metaphor does she use to represent how the media treats the children?

2. Luiselli states that the media's final point about the refugee children often comes as a warning that if the children stay, they will take what action?

3. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?

4. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?

5. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony does Luiselli point out within the questions asking a child refugee, "Are you happy here?" and "Do you feel safe"? (44)

2. For what reason do many family members of child refugees refrain from presenting themselves in court in order to support the child's plea for immigration relief?

3. What themes does the Introduction name within Luiselli's essay?

4. For what reason do child refugees attempt to be "formally detained by Border Patrol officers" (18) once they reach the border between the United States and Mexico?

5. Discuss an instance when Luiselli uses a simile to highlight the lack of agency afforded to the relatives of child refugees.

6. La Bestia's routes begin in which two towns?

7. What does Luiselli mean when she states that Manu's police report acted as "a road map of a migration"? (43)

8. What skill does Luiselli present as the most important one when she interviews child refugees in court?

9. How does Luiselli create a contrast in Part II: Court between two types of emergencies related to the refugee crisis?

10. How does Luiselli employ symbolism within the depiction of blank spaces on the questionnaire she gives to undocumented children?

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