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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sarah Huckabee Sanders's professional position in June of 2018?
(a) Secretary of Housing and Development.
(b) White House Chief of Staff.
(c) Secretary of Agriculture.
(d) White House Press Secretary.

2. The federal prison in Victorville is said to house over how many inmates in Chapter 6?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 1,400.
(c) 6,500.
(d) 7,200.

3. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS on June 21, 2018?
(a) Dr. Robert Kadlec.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Carla Provost.
(d) Steven Wagner.

4. How many social workers were available to the children at the CPC facility that the author toured with other journalists in June of 2018?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

5. Who broke down on air while reporting a breaking story about tender-aged immigrant children being detained after separation in June of 2018?
(a) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Rachel Maddow.
(c) Lester Holt.
(d) Chris Hayes.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What nonprofit law firm was Lindsay Toczylowski the executive director of in June of 2018?

3. Where was Dana Sabraw serving as a federal judge in late June of 2018?

4. Who was the chief of the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector in June of 2018?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Juan and José taken when they were apprehended by Border Patrol? How is this setting described?

2. When was the Trump administration's family separation policy officially adopted, and when did it end? What did it mandate?

3. What is Los Zetas and how did it influence Juan's journey to the U.S. border?

4. What were the immigrant child separation numbers like between May 5 and June 9, 2018? How was this comparable to the previous year?

5. What orders did Judge Dana Sabraw issue in June of 2018?

6. Who is Lindsay Toczylowski and for what organization was she working in June of 2018?

7. According to the author's presentation of events, who was most responsible for getting Trump to reverse his separation policy? Why?

8. What was the capacity and population at Casa Padre when Soboroff toured the facility in June of 2018? What were the implications of this?

9. Where was José transported after his initial detention at the border?

10. What restrictions were in place for the journalists that toured the Casa Padre shelter in June of 2018?

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