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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The three countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make up the area of the world called what?
(a) The Southern Triangle.
(b) The Western Triangle.
(c) The Northern Triangle.
(d) The Eastern Triangle.

4. What tool does Luiselli's family use to navigate during their road trip?
(a) A navigation app on their phones.
(b) A map.
(c) A car GPS system.
(d) Handwritten notes from prior research.

5. What percentage of women and girls who cross Mexico on their way to the United States border are raped along the way?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Manu keep the police report that he shows to Luiselli on her first day conducting interviews?

2. What is NOT a duty performed by Luiselli in her role as an interpreter?

3. In what borough of New York City is the organization located that provides immigrant children and teenagers with valuable resources?

4. The Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang started as a small coalition of immigrants from what country?

5. Luiselli describes how all immigrants view the cruelty of the United States' border as what type of object?

Short Essay Questions

1. What statement does Luiselli make about the notion of accountability for a child refugee's safety?

2. For what reason do child refugees attempt to be "formally detained by Border Patrol officers" (18) once they reach the border between the United States and Mexico?

3. Which actions taken by Luiselli and her niece demonstrate the women's dedication to helping victims of the refugee crisis?

4. How does Luiselli create a contrast in Part II: Court between two types of emergencies related to the refugee crisis?

5. For what reason are child refugees often untruthful or evasive in their answers to the intake questionnaire?

6. With what question does Part I: Border begin and why?

7. What themes does the Introduction name within Luiselli's essay?

8. How does Luiselli incorporate the discussion of race into the discussion of the refugee crisis?

9. According to Luiselli, what do refugee children try to do if and when they do reach the United States and why?

10. What irony does Luiselli point out within the questions asking a child refugee, "Are you happy here?" and "Do you feel safe"? (44)

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