View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what decade did the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Barrio 18 gangs originate?

2. To what type of building does Luiselli compare the screening room where she interviews child refugees?

3. With what question does Luiselli begin the essay?

4. Luiselli states unequivocally that all child refugees from Mexico and Central America travel with whom?

5. In what month of 2014 was the refugee crisis discussed by Luiselli officially declared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which three states are the states with "the highest number of children released to sponsors" (49) since the declaration 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. In what way are Mexican children subject to different rules than refugees from other countries seeking asylum in the United States?

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

7. In what location did the gangs MS-13 and the Barrio 18 originate?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of anecdotes she includes within her essay? Discuss at least two scenes that include use of sensory details and pull quotes from these scenes to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism and purpose of the three photographs included subsequent to the essay's coda?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of Aristotle's appeals as she builds toward the conclusion of the argumentative essay. How does she use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of her points?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,256 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample