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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Luiselli's family learns information about the developing child refugee crisis during their road trip?
(a) Calls from family members in Mexico.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Online searches.
(d) Radio.

2. What is La Bestia?
(a) A bus.
(b) A train.
(c) A river system.
(d) A gondola.

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

4. What is NOT a duty performed by Luiselli in her role as an interpreter?
(a) Getting coffee for her partner.
(b) Translating the children's answers for lawyers.
(c) Recording the children's answers.
(d) Interviewing the children in court.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object does Luiselli compare the boy's police report in an extended metaphor about its symbolism?

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

3. 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?

4. When Luiselli describes the media's treatment of the child refugees, what metaphor does she use to represent how the media treats the children?

5. In what year was the Indian Removal Act approved by Congress?

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