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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. 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) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Interpreter.
(d) Social worker.

2. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?
(a) A pencil sharpener.
(b) A paint set.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A road map.

3. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Vigilante.
(b) Police.
(c) Border Patrol.
(d) Bribe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?

2. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?

3. Who is prohibited from joining the children during their interviews with Luiselli?

4. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?

5. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the police report symbolize?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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