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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of people does Luiselli NOT list when explaining the dangers of riding La Bestia?
(a) Smugglers.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Thieves.

2. 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.

3. Luiselli creates a metaphor for the similarities among the children's stories by depicting the scribbling on the whiteboard as what object?
(a) A brick.
(b) A light bulb.
(c) Scaffolding.
(d) A blanket.

4. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?
(a) A thin crust.
(b) A hard outer shell.
(c) A crack in the veneer.
(d) A fly in the ointment.

5. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?
(a) The TRIPS agreement.
(b) The Treaty of Dannemora.
(c) The Chamizal Convention.
(d) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many South and Central American migrants were found at the site of a mass grave in 2010?

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word migra?

3. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?

4. The person who meets Luiselli and her niece downstairs on the author's first day of work at the New York immigration court introduces the author immediately to two members of what organization?

5. What is La Bestia?

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