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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. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?

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

3. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?

4. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?

5. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. La Bestia's routes begin in which two towns?

5. What themes does the Introduction name within Luiselli's essay?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the coda included at the end of Valeria Luiselli’s essay.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's decision to include colloquialisms, slang, and profane language within the text. What purpose did she have in mind when including these instances and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of three of the text's main symbols. How do these symbols connect to the overall themes within the essay?

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