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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of person is NOT listed among the people Luiselli brought to speak to her first group of students at Hofstra University?
(a) Political scientists.
(b) Social workers.
(c) Activists.
(d) Professors.

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

5. The charge against a child immigrant fundamentally states "that the child came to the United States without lawful permission and is therefore" (58)?
(a) Unable to apply for asylum or immigrant status.
(b) A resident.
(c) Removable.
(d) An alien.

Short Answer Questions

1. The words migrants learn as they are on their way to the United States contain the sentiment that to leave is to do what a little?

2. How old is Manu at the time he is interviewed by Luiselli?

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

4. When the Luiselli's students present their plan outlining the rest of the semester, how do they want to spend the remaining class time?

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

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