Quiz – Close Reading number 5

Assigned Reading- Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How it Ends (the whole book)

https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B06XJXJBC1

Assigned Viewing-Valeria Luiselli at Shakespeare and Company bookstore (Paris, France) discussing Tell Me How it Ends (1 hour 3 min)


  1. Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How it Ends (10 points total)

5 points—cut and paste the question out of the 40 from the intake questionnaire discussed throughout the memoir which you found to be the most troubling, most interesting, or just most attention-grabbing. Include page or location # if using an e-reader.

5 points—In at least 2 sentences, explain what you found “troubling, interesting, or attention grabbing” about the question you pasted above. Be specific.

  1. Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How it Ends (10 points total)

When Luiselli’s family receives their green card, hers is not among them and she has to undergo further screening. Which of the questions Luiselli has to answer for an enhanced Homeland security screening do you find most puzzling or alarming? Cut and paste the particular question from pages 30-31 (the end of section I) 5 points.

What do you make of Luiselli’s reaction to hearing the news her lawyer was taking a new job before ensuring she received a green card? Be specific, cite the specific reaction you’re reaction to, and explain how you would have reacted instead. 5 points

  1. Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How it Ends (10 points total)

5 points—cut and paste a passage where Luiselli discusses Mexico’s own efforts to curb immigration from Central America, Programa Frontera Sur. Include page or location # if using an e-reader.

5 points–Explain whether Luiselli’s discussion of this program suggests particular ways to fix or change it to be more effective. Cite a quote with page or location # that supports your claim. Note–you need to answer the question AND then include a quote.

  1. Luiselli talk at Shakespeare and Company (10 points total)

In the space below, write down the question posed to Valeria Luiselli you found to be most effective or interesting. Include time stamp for where in the video it shows up. (5 points)

Explain what it was about either the question or the answer that you found to be “effective or interesting.” Be specific. (5 points)

  1. Luiselli talk at Shakespeare and Company (10 points total)

When the audience member asks Luiselli what percentage of the children she worked with were eventually deported and whether or not the US government makes sure someone is there to meet them when they arrive at their destination, Luiselli answers in two ways—first from her personal experience with specific children, and then citing statistics of children at large in this situation. Write down one of these two answers here, including a time stamp for where in the video it shows up. (5 points)

In the space below, explain whether or not you think it ought to be the duty or responsibility of the United States to ensure an appropriate adult or guardian is present when deported unaccompanied children reach their destination outside of the United States. (5 points) No answer is wrong—say yes or no but EXPLAIN YOUR REASONS for this view.

 
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