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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. What point of view does Luiselli say she utilizes when recording the children's answers to her interview questions?

2. The words migrants learn as they are on their way to the United States contain the sentiment that to leave is to do what a little?

3. The acronym TIIA stands for Teenage Immigrant what Association?

4. What words does Luiselli say migrants learn when they are on their way to the United States?

5. At the time of Luiselli's first interview of Manu, with whom is Manu living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Luiselli's students mean when they say, "We don't want to be voluntourists in our own town anymore"? (93)

2. Discuss the irony Luiselli finds in the determination of a so-called correct answer in the context of immigration court.

3. In which states have the highest numbers of children been released to sponsors since the declaration of the refugee crisis?

4. What kinds of professionals did Luiselli bring in to speak to her Advanced Conversation class?

5. Describe Luiselli's employment of imagery in order to get across what it feels like for immigrants once they have been in the United States for a sustained period of time.

6. Why are child refugees not entitled to "the free legal counsel that American law guarantees" (67) to so many?

7. Describe an instance when Luiselli uses a simile to describe the border between the United States and Mexico.

8. What is the United States's public position on free education for all children within its borders and why is it significant in the context of Luiselli's argument?

9. How does Luiselli get across the way in which the dangerous trek to the United States is only the beginning of a child refugee's struggles?

10. How does Luiselli use the motif of sound to make a particular point within Part III: Home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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