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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Community .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the older of the two sisters from Guatemala respond when Luiselli asks her how old she had been when she had first attended school?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) She says that she has never attended school.

2. What is NOT listed by Luiselli as a way that children refugees answer the question about when they had entered the United States?
(a) They say a few months ago.
(b) They say last year.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They say on their birthday.

3. Luiselli states that "the priority juvenile docket implied that deportation proceedings against children were accelerated by" (39) what percentage?
(a) 94%.
(b) 64%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 54%.

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

5. What objects are set out for the entertainment of the younger children being interviewed?
(a) Crayons and paper.
(b) Books.
(c) Video games.
(d) Board games.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the planned ultimate destination for Luiselli's road trip with her family?

2. What treaty signed after the Mexican-American War resulted in Mexico losing half its territory to the United States?

3. Which question on the screening questionnaire does Luiselli describe as "the one that often opens Pandora's box" (73)?

4. What is the ultimate goal of Luiselli's work with child refugees?

5. Luiselli's students insist that what organizations in the area have to offer some kind of sustained relief for the refugee crisis?

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