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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. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?

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

3. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?

4. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?

5. What is the term for someone hired to accompany a migrant to a particular border?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the police report symbolize?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Luiselli incorporate the discussion of race into the discussion of the refugee crisis?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does Valeria Luiselli’s essay utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

Essay Topic 3

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

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