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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol's operations division in November of 2017?
(a) Susan Haynie.
(b) Thomas Homan.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Gloria Chavez.

2. What does the organization called "KIND" refer to?
(a) Kids' Initiative for National Defense.
(b) Kids in Need of Defense.
(c) Kindness in Needed Defense.
(d) Kids in Necessary Detainment.

3. What organization brought the case against the Trump Administration to reunite separated families?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) The ACLU.
(c) Human Rights Watch.
(d) KIND.

4. For what state did Tom Price serve as a U.S. congressman?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

5. On what date does Chapter 1 open?
(a) February 2, 2018.
(b) April 30, 2016.
(c) April 8, 2016.
(d) March 12, 2017.

6. For what news organization did Julia Ainsley leave Reuters?
(a) NBC News.
(b) CBS News.
(c) CNN.
(d) FOX News.

7. 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) Julia Ainsley.
(b) Jacob Soboroff.
(c) Wolf Blitzer.
(d) Peter Jennings.

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

9. Who was the head of ICE in December of 2017?
(a) Joe Arpaio.
(b) Francis Cissna.
(c) Tom Homan.
(d) Julia Ainsley.

10. According to the "Family Separation and Reunification: Timeline of Key Events" in the book's opening, when did the U.S. DHS Secretary publicly state the DHS might separate families crossing the border without authorization?
(a) April, 2016.
(b) March, 2017.
(c) May, 2018.
(d) September, 2017.

11. Who is the producer that the author credits with teaching him to be a real reporter in Chapter 2?
(a) Peter Jennings.
(b) Wolf Blitzer.
(c) Mitch Koss.
(d) Julia Ainsley.

12. 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?
(a) Roy Villareal.
(b) Kevin McAleenan.
(c) Kate Steinle.
(d) Roger Edwards.

13. Who was the Border Patrol agent that led the author and his team at the Marfa Border Patrol Station when he visited in late 2017?
(a) Joe Arpaio.
(b) Carla Provost.
(c) Thomas Homan.
(d) Javier Prieto.

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

15. In her breaking news story about separations at the border in November of 2017, Lomi Kriel was able to identify how many separation cases?
(a) 59.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the online documents portal of the federal court system called?

2. When was the Homestead temporary shelter for migrant children first opened?

3. According to the "Family Separation and Reunification: Timeline of Key Events" in the beginning of the book, when did the El Paso sector of the CBP implement policies resulting in increased family separations?

4. What was the settlement agreement known as in the case between the ACLU and the Obama administration regarding the detention of undocumented immigrants?

5. What does "ORR" refer to in the book?

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