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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luiselli explains that "what happens to children during their journey through" what country "is worse than what happens anywhere else" (24)?
(a) The United States.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) Mexico.

2. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1901.

3. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?
(a) A vague promise to prosecute.
(b) A vague promise to set up a sting operation.
(c) A vague promise to investigate.
(d) A vague promise to conduct a few interviews.

4. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

5. Luiselli states that much later, she had come to understand that what she and her niece "were really doing that morning [on the first day of their new jobs] was providing" what "for organizations dealing with an emergency" (38)?
(a) Backup.
(b) An excuse.
(c) Security.
(d) A tourniquet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?

2. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?

3. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?

4. What is NOT an adjective Luiselli uses to describe the reality revealed by the intake questionnaire for undocumented children, when compared to the United States green card application?

5. What is NOT a question asked in the United States green card application?

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