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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 county does Luiselli say is guilty of denying entrance to many children based on their lack of appropriate immigration papers?
2. The Guatemalan girls in Luiselli's depiction of their interview are what ages?
3. The family member Manu describes as the one who had always been the one sending money had lived in what location?
4. Luiselli's students told her that they wanted to transform one type of capital into another. What type of capital did they want to trade for another?
5. Luiselli states that "the main problem with asylum is that if it's granted, the children can never" (59) take what action?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the Spanish Conversation class led by Luiselli renounces their name, what do they call the class instead and why is their choice significant?
2. In what way did Luiselli make the most of her ability to facilitate conversation within her "first semester of teaching at Hofstra University"? (91)
3. What do Luiselli's students mean when they say, "We don't want to be voluntourists in our own town anymore"? (93)
4. What kinds of professionals did Luiselli bring in to speak to her Advanced Conversation class?
5. How does the theme of sacrifice arise within the final passages of Part IV: Community?
6. In what way does Luiselli depict speaking about trauma as an effective method of processing it?
7. 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?
8. For what reason was Manu forced to stop attending his school in Long Beach, California?
9. Discuss an instance in Part III: Home when Luiselli uses a simile to indicate powerlessness.
10. How does the theme of uncertainty arise at the end of Part III: Home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Valeria Luiselli’s use of characterization methods to portray her own family members. What effect do these characterization methods have on the essay's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's use of Aristotle's appeals as she builds toward the conclusion of the argumentative essay. How does she use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of her points?
Essay Topic 3
How does the author employ the use or rejection of fallacy within her argumentative essay and how does the inclusion of fallacy help the author to prove her own points within the essay?
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