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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. 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 FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Door.

2. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1990s.

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

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

5. 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) When did you enter the United States?
(d) Have you been threatened by gangs?

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

2. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?

3. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way are Mexican children subject to different rules than refugees from other countries seeking asylum in the United States?

2. What statement does Luiselli make about the notion of accountability for a child refugee's safety?

3. How does Luiselli incorporate the discussion of race into the discussion of the refugee crisis?

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

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

6. For what reason are child refugees often untruthful or evasive in their answers to the intake questionnaire?

7. 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?

8. Why do the answers to one particular question on the intake questionnaire cause Luiselli to feel ashamed?

9. What is Luiselli's purpose for comparing and contrasting the green card application with the intake questionnaire given to unaccompanied minors?

10. With what question does Part I: Border begin and why?

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