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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. In what borough of New York City is the organization located that provides immigrant children and teenagers with valuable resources?

2. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

3. According to Luiselli, what is most often the answer given when child refugees are asked their reason for coming to the United States?

4. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

5. What form of transportation did Luiselli take to the immigration court on the author's first day of work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the police report symbolize?

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

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

4. What is Luiselli's purpose for comparing and contrasting the green card application with the intake questionnaire given to unaccompanied minors?

5. For what reason do child refugees attempt to be "formally detained by Border Patrol officers" (18) once they reach the border between the United States and Mexico?

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

7. Why do the answers to one particular question on the intake questionnaire cause Luiselli to feel ashamed?

8. What irony does Luiselli point out within the questions asking a child refugee, "Are you happy here?" and "Do you feel safe"? (44)

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of anecdotes she includes within her essay? Discuss at least two scenes that include use of sensory details and pull quotes from these scenes to support your claim.

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