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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. Luiselli states that most of the children involved in the refugee crisis of 2014 are from all but which of the following countries?

2. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?

3. Luiselli notes that every member of the organization that provides resources to child and teenage refugees has what quality?

4. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the police report symbolize?

10. What types of questions are asked on the green card application, according to Luiselli?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does she get this message across to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism and purpose of the three photographs included subsequent to the essay's coda?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of hypocrisy depicted within the narrative of Valeria Luiselli’s essay?

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