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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. In what city does Luiselli's family learn that many refugee children from Honduras are being deported back to their home country after just having arrived in the United States?
(a) Roswell, New Mexico.
(b) New York City.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Lexington, Kentucky.

2. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?
(a) New York.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?
(a) Are you a member of the Communist party?
(b) Do you intend to practice polygamy?
(c) Are you a member of the Socialist party?
(d) Have you ever knowingly committed a crime of moral turpitude?

4. A person with what job meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on Luiselli's first day of work at the New York immigration court?
(a) Social worker.
(b) Interpreter.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?
(a) Board games.
(b) Video games.
(c) Crayons and paper.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?

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

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. 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?

5. Luiselli asserts that until what action is taken, "solutions to the [refugee] crisis will be impossible" (46)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what location did the gangs MS-13 and the Barrio 18 originate?

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

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

4. Which three states are the states with "the highest number of children released to sponsors" (49) since the declaration of the refugee crisis?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. According to Luiselli, what do refugee children try to do if and when they do reach the United States and why?

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