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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in December of 2017?
(a) Tom Homan.
(b) Francis Cissna.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Joe Arpaio.

2. Who was the Reuters reporter that broke the news of the Trump administration revisiting an Obama-era family separation proposal in March of 2017?
(a) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Peter Jennings.
(c) Julia Ainsley.
(d) Jacob Soboroff.

3. When the author first went to Casa Padre in Brownsville, he describes the 250,000 sq. ft. former Walmart as housing how many migrant boys from ten to 17 years old?
(a) 650.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 800.

4. Who was President Obama's second and final secretary of homeland security?
(a) Paul Ryan.
(b) Sarah Fabian.
(c) Jeh Johnson.
(d) Mitch Koss.

5. When was the Homestead temporary shelter for migrant children first opened?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2011.

6. What was the settlement agreement known as in the case between the ACLU and the Obama administration regarding the detention of undocumented immigrants?
(a) Perez.
(b) Rodriguez.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Flores.

7. What were the protests called that the author describes marching in and vlogging about in 2005 and 2006 for comprehensive immigration reform?
(a) The BLM Marches.
(b) Teh Telagramgate Protests.
(c) The March for Our Lives.
(d) The Gran Marchas.

8. When was the "prevention through deterrence" enforcement policy officially named as such?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

9. Who was the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services in September of 2017?
(a) Tom Price.
(b) Paul Ryan.
(c) Mitch Koss.
(d) Kevin McAleenan.

10. What does "ICE" refer to in the book?
(a) Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(b) Intelligence Communications Enforcement.
(c) Immigration and Criteria Enforcement.
(d) Integration of Coordinated Enforcement.

11. When was the Ms. L v. ICE lawsuit filed?
(a) June, 2018.
(b) July, 2017.
(c) February, 2018.
(d) March, 2017.

12. When was the author hired as an MSNBC correspondent?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2009.

13. How far is Otay Mesa, California from the San Ysidro Port of Entry?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 23 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 90 miles.

14. What does "ORR" refer to in the book?
(a) The Office of Refugee Returns.
(b) The Office of Refugee Reunification.
(c) The Office of Resettlement and Returns.
(d) The Office of Refugee Resettlement.

15. Who did Stephen Miller describe as having been killed in San Francisco by a "five-time deported illegal immigrant" in the author's narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Roger Edwards.
(b) Sarah Fabian.
(c) Kate Steinle.
(d) Mitch Koss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what town is the Ursula Border Patrol Central Processing Station located?

2. For what little-known cable channel was the author working when he crossed the border in 2014 by accident with his producer?

3. Who succeeded in winning Colorado's delegates against Donald Trump in 2016?

4. Who was the Border Patrol deputy chief of the San Diego sector that toured the author along the border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa in October of 2017?

5. Who was the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection in November of 2017?

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