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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Apacheria: "Dust Valleys" - Lost Children Archive: "Box IV" - "Box VII".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Manuela reports to the woman that her two daughters have disappeared somewhere between two detention centers in what states?
(a) California and Arizona.
(b) Texas and Arizona.
(c) New Mexico and Arizona.
(d) New Mexico and Texas.

2. The story of the child refugees appears to merge with the story of the boy and girl as they all look up at what types of birds?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Buzzards.
(d) Ravens.

3. What two items does the boy retrieve from the glove compartment of the family car on the night he sneaks out to get a book?
(a) The road map and the recorder.
(b) The road map and a Polaroid photograph.
(c) The recorder and the drum.
(d) The clipboard and the road map.

4. What promise does the girl extract from the boy just before she says, "Swift Feather, I like being with you and want to always be with you, okay" (332)?
(a) That they will live to see the man and woman again.
(b) To take her to Echo Canyon the following day.
(c) That she will get to drink water the following day.
(d) That he will never forget her.

5. Once the narrative perspective shifts away from the woman, to whom does the narrative voice transfer?
(a) Manuela.
(b) The girl.
(c) The man.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what airport does the family watch a group of children being put onto a plane that will enact their deportation?

2. From what town does the boy plan to hop aboard a train while in the company of the girl?

3. When the boy and girl first hear the voices of the man and the woman coming to them in an echo, what are the man and woman saying?

4. To whom does the banker's box labeled Box VI belong?

5. From what state does the family at the center of the narrative depart at the beginning of the novel?

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