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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?
(a) Have you been threatened by gangs?
(b) When did you enter the United States?
(c) Why did you come to the United States?
(d) Has anyone hurt you since you have been in the United States?

2. 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) Lexington, Kentucky.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) New York City.
(d) Roswell, New Mexico.

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

4. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?
(a) Resident aliens.
(b) Nonresident aliens.
(c) Pending aliens.
(d) Removable aliens.

5. How old was Luiselli's niece at the time she accompanied her aunt to Luiselli's first day as an interpreter in the New York immigration court?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

2. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?

3. What part of Luiselli's first-day plan goes awry due to the volume of refugee children she receives in the office?

4. Which president of the United States was involved in enacting the Indian Removal Act?

5. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?

(see the answer key)

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