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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. The acronym TIIA stands for Teenage Immigrant what Association?
(a) Integration.
(b) Intervention.
(c) Implementation.
(d) Invention.

2. The author asserts that "the United States is a country full of" (95) what?
(a) Idealists.
(b) Holes.
(c) Bureaucracy.
(d) Apathetic people.

3. What is the name of Manu's aunt?
(a) Luisa.
(b) Alina.
(c) Mana.
(d) Maria.

4. From what country had Manu fled, ending up in the screening room with Luiselli?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Mexico.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Guatemala.

5. What moniker does the class decide to refer to itself as during a class meeting?
(a) A humanitarian force to be reckoned with.
(b) A migration think tank.
(c) A refugee crisis emergency squad.
(d) A Spanish conversation class.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day before the two sisters left Guatemala, their grandmother sewed what number into the collars of their dresses?

2. Luiselli states, "It was clear that our only role in the court was to serve as a fragile and slippery" (67) what between the refugee children and the United States court system?

3. Luiselli sarcastically remarks that if an immigrant gets really comfortable in the United States, he or she may even begin to celebrate whom?

4. At the end of Part Four, Luiselli quotes a little girl stating her reason for coming to the United States. What does the little girl say was her reason for coming?

5. What is the title of Part Four of Valeria Luiselli's essay Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of sacrifice arise within the final passages of Part IV: Community?

2. What is the symbolism of Luiselli's daughter's question regarding the fates of the child refugees?

3. In which states have the highest numbers of children been released to sponsors since the declaration of the refugee crisis?

4. In what way did Luiselli make the most of her ability to facilitate conversation within her "first semester of teaching at Hofstra University"? (91)

5. What were three things Alina reported being told when a school denied entry to Manu during her search?

6. What is the United States's public position on free education for all children within its borders and why is it significant in the context of Luiselli's argument?

7. In what way does Luiselli depict speaking about trauma as an effective method of processing it?

8. How does Luiselli get across the way in which the dangerous trek to the United States is only the beginning of a child refugee's struggles?

9. What kinds of professionals did Luiselli bring in to speak to her Advanced Conversation class?

10. Describe an instance when Luiselli uses a simile to describe the border between the United States and Mexico.

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