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- Q1Why did Ginger decide to leave Honduras?She wanted to make sure her mother was safe in the U.S.She thought the journey to the U.S. border would be easy.She was afraid the police would take her back to her kidnappers.She knew that U.S. asylum laws were going to become stricter.60s
- Q2Which definition relates to “asylum seeker”?someone who moves to the U.S. temporarily because of a job transfersomeone who arrives at the U.S. border and applies for protectionsomeone who is carefully vetted before arriving in the U.Ssomeone who applies to come to the U.S. from abroad60s
- Q3What is Ginger’s situation at the end of the article?She has just received asylum.She is trying to find a lawyer to handle her case.She is waiting for the government to rule on her asylum application.She will soon be deported back to Honduras.60s
- Q4In the opening section, which detail does the author provide to help readers understand why ginger was afraid of the police in Honduras?“ . . . when no one was looking, Ginger escaped through a window.”“Ginger and her grandfather left the police station . . .”Ginger and her grandfather left the police station . . .”“ . . . police are often in cahoots with the drug cartels.120s
- Q5This chart shows...most asylum seekers are not granted asylumthe number of asylum requests changes from year to yearthe number of asylum requests has gone up during the past 10 yearsnearly all asylum seekers are granted asylum120s
- Q6The author says, “President Trump and many of his supporters say this is evidence that the asylum system is being abused.” You can reasonably infer that by “this,” the author is referring to ___.the difficult journey migrants endurethe terrible circumstances people are fleeingthe corrupt authorities who work with criminalsthe increase in the number of asylum seekers120s
- Q7Ira Mehlman says, “People know that if they say the right things and get into the asylum system that they’ll be able to stay in the U.S. for years.” His tone can best be described as ___.celebratorymourningadmiringdisapproving120s
- Q8In the section “Too Scared to Sleep,” the word petrified most nearly means ___.too far from a certain locationso frightened that you cannot movetruly happy about what you are doingvery curious about what is happening120s
