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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cartel from Guatemala and Mexico did Juan and José fear when they crossed the border in June of 2018?
(a) Jalisco New Generation.
(b) Sinaloa.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Los Zetas.

2. Who was the executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations on June 23, 2018?
(a) Matthew Albence.
(b) Steven Wagner.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Don McGahn.

3. Where is the Casa Padre shelter located?
(a) Mesa, Arizona.
(b) Brownsville, Texas.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Harlingen, Texas.

4. What is the right wing of the GOP referred to as in Chapter 6?
(a) The Reformers.
(b) The Bible Caucus.
(c) The Red Jackets.
(d) The Freedom Caucus.

5. What was the official number of separated children as of Commander White's testimony on July 15, 2018?
(a) 1,790.
(b) 1,535.
(c) 2,905.
(d) 2,551.

6. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) "Shocks the Conscience."
(b) "Very, Very Worried."
(c) "I Don't Have Those Numbers."
(d) "No Way to Link."

7. What did the author respond with to Kirstjen Nielsen's tweet saying, "We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period" (718)?
(a) Three "laughing" emojis."
(b) Three "eye-roll" emojis.
(c) Three "sad-face" emojis.
(d) Three "face-palm" emojis.

8. In the memo that opens Chapter 9, James De La Cruz wrote that the primary task was to reconnect every single separated child in their network of care to his or her detained parent by the close of the business day on what date?
(a) March 12, 2017.
(b) February 2, 2018.
(c) January 20, 2017.
(d) July 2, 2018.

9. How old did the author describe the boys being housed at the Casa Padre shelter as being in June of 2018?
(a) 15-17.
(b) 5-15.
(c) 10-17.
(d) 5-10.

10. In what news publication did Lindsay Toczylowski write about the experience of standing before an immigration court with her client that caught the author's attention in late June of 2018?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Texas Tribune.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

11. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "Very, Very Worried."
(b) "A Significant Increase."
(c) "I Don't Have Those Numbers."
(d) "No Way to Link."

12. Who was the Today show's primary national correspondent in June of 2018?
(a) Craig Melvin.
(b) Steven Wagner.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Phil Griffin.

13. What former First Lady published a piece in the Washington Post decrying the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy in June of 2018?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Laura Bush.
(c) Barbara Bush.
(d) Michelle Obama.

14. What news organization published the wailing sounds of children separated from their parents at a Border Patrol facility on June 18, 2018?
(a) Buzzfeed.
(b) ProPublica.
(c) Reuters.
(d) MSNBC.

15. The day after the author toured the Casa Padre facility, MSNBC broke the news that a temporary influx center was potentially going to be erected where?
(a) El Paso, Texas.
(b) Lukeville, Arizona.
(c) Tornillo, Texas.
(d) Otay Mesa, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the nonprofit organization that ran the Casa Padre shelter in June, 2018?

2. What state does Senator Jeff Merkley represent?

3. Who was the general counsel from the Department of Homeland Security that gave legal analysis of the decision memo presented to Secretary Nielsen in June of 2018?

4. What did the author describe the ratio of shelter workers to kids as when he went live outside of the Casa Padre shelter in June of 2018?

5. From whom was the memo that opens Chapter 8?

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