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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ultimate goal of Luiselli's work with child refugees?

2. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?

3. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?

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

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

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

4. For what reason are child refugees often untruthful or evasive in their answers to the intake questionnaire?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's message regarding the shift in worldview that needs to occur within the United States government with regard to the refugee crisis?

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Valeria Luiselli’s essay sending about the mythical qualities of the United States?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author's use of the first and second person point of view serve her purposes over the course of the essay? Discuss how Valeria Luiselli’s choice of point of view helps to advance her treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.

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