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

2. Luiselli asserts that until what action is taken, "solutions to the [refugee] crisis will be impossible" (46)?
(a) Until every involved financial institution acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(b) Until every involved charity organization acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(c) Until every involved government acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.
(d) Until every involved polluter acknowledges its shared accountability for the refugee crisis.

3. What is La Bestia?
(a) A train.
(b) A bus.
(c) A gondola.
(d) A river system.

4. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Mexico.

5. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Segway.
(c) Subway.
(d) Train.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Whose point of view does Luiselli claim is always ignored within the struggle to understand the refugee crisis?

3. Who created the screening questionnaire used by Luiselli in her interviews with child refugees?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. Which actions taken by Luiselli and her niece demonstrate the women's dedication to helping victims of the refugee crisis?

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

8. What does the police report symbolize?

9. How does Luiselli draw a connection between different eras in terms of the word removal?

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

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