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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Part I: Border.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

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

3. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?
(a) Half a million.
(b) A million.
(c) Two hundred thousand
(d) Two million.

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?
(a) Colder.
(b) Sunnier.
(c) More cynical.
(d) More brutal.

5. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?
(a) Bribe.
(b) Border Patrol.
(c) Vigilante.
(d) Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?

2. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?

3. What is La Bestia?

4. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

5. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?

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