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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reenactment: "Maps and Boxes" - "Lost".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the boy throw off the cliff as part of his plan to break the silence cast upon the meal by the man and the woman?
(a) A popsicle.
(b) A branch.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A hat.

2. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarian" (98)?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) The girl.
(d) The boy.

3. The woman claims that "At night, fear belongs to" (157) whom?
(a) Children.
(b) The dead.
(c) Adults.
(d) The lonely.

4. In what stage of life was the boy when his biological mother died?
(a) Prepubescence.
(b) Adolescence.
(c) Early childhood.
(d) Infancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl tells the boy that if they ever got lost together in the forest "with a dog only" (218) she would stand next to the boy for what purpose?

2. The child refugee's interview on the radio reveals that La Bestia is what type of object?

3. The note the boy leaves inside one of the banker's boxes states that he and the girl will meet the man and woman in what location?

4. In what way does the boy document his and the girl's encounter with the rancher on the tractor?

5. How many boys are under the supervision of the coyote at the start of the journey in Elegies for Lost Children?

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