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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. Which of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

2. What words does Luiselli say migrants learn when they are on their way to the United States?
(a) The plea for asylum in English.
(b) The Immigrant's Prayer.
(c) Miranda rights.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

3. Luiselli states that "the main problem with asylum is that if it's granted, the children can never" (59) take what action?
(a) Recover their belongings without jeopardizing their immigration status in the United States.
(b) Return to their home countries without jeopardizing their immigration status in the United States.
(c) Return to their home countries without jeopardizing their citizen status in their home countries.
(d) Leave the United States without jeopardizing their immigration status in the United States.

4. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?
(a) They are ashamed at the mention of the words.
(b) They are saddened by the mention of the words.
(c) They are terrified by the mention of the words.
(d) They are excited by the mention of the words.

5. Some boys from what gang had waited outside of Manu's school one day, kicking off events that would end in tragedy?
(a) Barrio 18.
(b) The Bloods.
(c) MS-13.
(d) The Grape Street Crips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person is NOT listed among the people Luiselli brought to speak to her first group of students at Hofstra University?

2. Whom does Luiselli assert knows the answer to the question inquiring why people migrate from their home countries to the United States?

3. Which question on the screening questionnaire does Luiselli describe as "the one that often opens Pandora's box" (73)?

4. How does the older of the two sisters from Guatemala respond when Luiselli asks her how old she had been when she had first attended school?

5. What is Manu's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Luiselli get across the way in which the dangerous trek to the United States is only the beginning of a child refugee's struggles?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Discuss an instance in Part III: Home when Luiselli uses a simile to indicate powerlessness.

7. When the Spanish Conversation class led by Luiselli renounces their name, what do they call the class instead and why is their choice significant?

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

9. What were three things Alina reported being told when a school denied entry to Manu during her search?

10. In what way does Luiselli depict speaking about trauma as an effective method of processing it?

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