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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Luiselli describes Manu's police report as ending with what kind of sentiment by the police?
(a) A vague promise to set up a sting operation.
(b) A vague promise to investigate.
(c) A vague promise to prosecute.
(d) A vague promise to conduct a few interviews.

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. Before the immigration crisis was officially declared, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 12 months.

5. Which United States administration created the priority juvenile docket?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Carter.
(c) Obama.
(d) Trump.

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

7. Between April 2014 and August 2015, how may unaccompanied children were detained at the border between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 1000.
(c) 102,000.
(d) 6,600.

8. A lawyer eventually reveals that the list upon the whiteboard is meant to help children recall the phases of their what during the interview?
(a) Struggle.
(b) Future.
(c) Journey.
(d) Life.

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

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

11. Within what state is Luiselli's family when they first hear "about the wave of children arriving, alone and undocumented, at the border" (11)?
(a) New York.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Oklahoma.

12. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?
(a) 21 months.
(b) 24 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 21 days.

13. The Barrio 18 members had grown up in the gang culture of what city?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Quito.

14. During what season does Luiselli set out on a road trip with her family?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

15. Luiselli is a resident of what city at the time of the essay's writing?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Luiselli claim is "in a way, a replica of the U.S. immigration system" (35)?

2. What is NOT an adjective Luiselli uses to describe the reality revealed by the intake questionnaire for undocumented children, when compared to the United States green card application?

3. 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?

4. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?

5. Luiselli states that for her family's first three years living in the United States, they had been termed as what by immigration law?

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