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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 of Manu's family members does he say had always been the one to send money?
2. How many students were in Luiselli's first class upon being hired at Hofstra University?
3. 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?
4. Luiselli states that "the main problem with asylum is that if it's granted, the children can never" (59) take what action?
5. Which question on the screening questionnaire does Luiselli describe as "the one that often opens Pandora's box" (73)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What solidified belief does Luiselli carry about the child refugees, based on her experiences screening such children at The Door?
2. What element does Luiselli identify as the factor that "fundamentally fuels drug trafficking"(85) in North America?
3. Describe an instance when Luiselli uses a simile to describe the border between the United States and Mexico.
4. How long after Luiselli's first interview of Manu Lopez did Luiselli see him again and what took place at that meeting?
5. 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?
6. Discuss an instance in Part III: Home when Luiselli uses a simile to indicate powerlessness.
7. Why are child refugees not entitled to "the free legal counsel that American law guarantees" (67) to so many?
8. For what reason was Manu forced to stop attending his school in Long Beach, California?
9. What kinds of professionals did Luiselli bring in to speak to her Advanced Conversation class?
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
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
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 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.
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