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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 city did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18 gangs originate?
2. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?
3. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?
4. In what year did Luiselli begin working as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?
5. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of questions are asked on the green card application, according to Luiselli?
2. For what reason are child refugees often untruthful or evasive in their answers to the intake questionnaire?
3. What statement does Luiselli make about the notion of accountability for a child refugee's safety?
4. 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?
5. What skill does Luiselli present as the most important one when she interviews child refugees in court?
6. Why do the answers to one particular question on the intake questionnaire cause Luiselli to feel ashamed?
7. According to Luiselli, what do refugee children try to do if and when they do reach the United States and why?
8. What themes does the Introduction name within Luiselli's essay?
9. In what way are Mexican children subject to different rules than refugees from other countries seeking asylum in the United States?
10. In what location did the gangs MS-13 and the Barrio 18 originate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's use of a parallel personal story about her family's road trip to accompany her focus on the questionnaire. What themes are demonstrated in the author’s use of this parallel narrative and what rhetorical devices does she use to make these connections?
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
How does Valeria Luiselli go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance her arguments?
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