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

2. With whom does Luiselli live?
(a) Her husband and their two sons.
(b) Her husband and his son.
(c) Her husband and her two daughters.
(d) Her husband and his son and her daughter.

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

4. There is a saying about La Bestia that states, "Go in alive, come out a" (18) what?
(a) A mummy.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A skeleton.

5. In what city does Luiselli's family learn that many refugee children from Honduras are being deported back to their home country after just having arrived in the United States?
(a) New York City.
(b) Lexington, Kentucky.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Roswell, New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?

2. In what city was the protest against the arrival of undocumented immigrants held in 2014, then becoming the object of the author's discussion?

3. Luiselli remarks that often, which field is left blank by child responders on the questionnaire she is required to use?

4. How many Central Americans are estimated to ride La Bestia annually?

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

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