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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. Luiselli states that to live in the United States, immigrants will unlearn what system?
(a) The legal system.
(b) The public transportation system.
(c) The metric system.
(d) The moral code.

2. Asylum is granted by the United States government to whom?
(a) Victims of certain crimes determined by the government on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Victims of human trafficking.
(c) People who are fleeing persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and/or association with a particular social group.
(d) Children whose parents are proven to be deceased.

3. What is the ultimate result of Manu's encounter with the gang who waits outside of his school one day?
(a) Manu's leg is broken.
(b) Manu's friend is shot.
(c) Manu shoots a man.
(d) Manu is shot.

4. How far into the semester does Luiselli say her first group of students began to speak up?
(a) After the first five minutes.
(b) Halfway through the semester.
(c) One week before the end of the semester.
(d) Three-quarters of the way through the semester.

5. What type of person is NOT listed among the people Luiselli brought to speak to her first group of students at Hofstra University?
(a) Political scientists.
(b) Social workers.
(c) Professors.
(d) Activists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli states that there are things that an only be understood in what manner?

2. Luiselli points out the sad irony of the situation when she states that "if the child answers the questionnaire" (61) in what manner, "he or she is more likely to have a case strong enough to increase its chances of being placed with a pro bono attorney" (61)?

3. The family member Manu describes as the one who had always been the one sending money had lived in what location?

4. To what location does Luiselli compare when describing how an immigrant begins to think of his or her home country after a long time living in the United States?

5. The acronym TIIA stands for Teenage Immigrant what Association?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luiselli use the motif of sound to make a particular point within Part III: Home?

2. What is the symbolism of Luiselli's daughter's question regarding the fates of the child refugees?

3. What is the United States's public position on free education for all children within its borders and why is it significant in the context of Luiselli's argument?

4. In what way did Luiselli make the most of her ability to facilitate conversation within her "first semester of teaching at Hofstra University"? (91)

5. How does the theme of sacrifice arise within the final passages of Part IV: Community?

6. What sacrifices does Luiselli name as ones immigrants are willing to make in order to stay in the United States?

7. Why are child refugees not entitled to "the free legal counsel that American law guarantees" (67) to so many?

8. What does Luiselli mean when she describes herself as a "bridge between the children and the court system"? (67)

9. What element does Luiselli identify as the factor that "fundamentally fuels drug trafficking"(85) in North America?

10. Describe an instance when Luiselli uses a simile to describe the border between the United States and Mexico.

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