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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 states that most of the children involved in the refugee crisis of 2014 are from all but which of the following countries?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Venezuela.

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 on their birthday.
(c) They say last year.
(d) They say they do not know.

3. 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) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

4. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1980s.

5. 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 thin crust.
(c) A fly in the ointment.
(d) A hard outer shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the introduction of the priority juvenile docket, how long were minors seeking immigration relief given to find lawyers?

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

4. What year does Luiselli's described family road trip take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luiselli mean when she states that Manu's police report acted as "a road map of a migration"? (43)

2. What is Luiselli's purpose for comparing and contrasting the green card application with the intake questionnaire given to unaccompanied minors?

3. What types of questions are asked on the green card application, according to Luiselli?

4. How does Luiselli draw a connection between different eras in terms of the word removal?

5. Which three states are the states with "the highest number of children released to sponsors" (49) since the declaration of the refugee crisis?

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

7. What skill does Luiselli present as the most important one when she interviews child refugees in court?

8. For what reason do many family members of child refugees refrain from presenting themselves in court in order to support the child's plea for immigration relief?

9. Why do the answers to one particular question on the intake questionnaire cause Luiselli to feel ashamed?

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

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