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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Community .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli sarcastically remarks that if an immigrant gets really comfortable in the United States, he or she may even begin to celebrate whom?
(a) The president who instituted slavery.
(b) The pilgrims who removed the alien Indians.
(c) The woman who sewed the first American flag.
(d) The actions of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

2. What point of view does Luiselli say she utilizes when recording the children's answers to her interview questions?
(a) First and second.
(b) Omniscient third.
(c) First and third.
(d) Second and third.

3. Luiselli points out the sad irony of the situation when she states that "if the child answers the questionnaire" (61) in what manner, "he or she is more likely to have a case strong enough to increase its chances of being placed with a pro bono attorney" (61)?
(a) Truthfully.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Deceptively.
(d) Correctly.

4. What county does Luiselli say is guilty of denying entrance to many children based on their lack of appropriate immigration papers?
(a) Broward.
(b) Clark.
(c) King.
(d) Nassau.

5. At the end of Part Four, Luiselli quotes a little girl stating her reason for coming to the United States. What does the little girl say was her reason for coming?
(a) Because she wanted to make her parents proud.
(b) Because she wanted to arrive.
(c) Because she wanted to survive.
(d) Because she wanted to find her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Luiselli assert knows the answer to the question inquiring why people migrate from their home countries to the United States?

2. What did Luiselli decide would be the topic of study within the first class she taught at Hofstra University?

3. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?

4. What is the name of Manu's aunt?

5. What does Luiselli say is always the children's reaction when they hear the words ganga or pandillero?

(see the answer key)

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