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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Family Soundscapes: "Box IV" - Reenactment: "Deportations".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT something to which the woman has been accustomed within the confines of the car during the road trip?
(a) Intermittent silence.
(b) Instant coffee.
(c) Billboards.
(d) The family's smell.

2. How many children does the family count as they walk out to the plane to be deported?
(a) 15 or 20.
(b) 10 or 15.
(c) 30 or 40.
(d) 40 or 50.

3. Which member of the family gets the greatest number of allocated boxes for the trip?
(a) The woman.
(b) The boy.
(c) The man.
(d) The girl.

4. During the road trip, the girl develops an obsession with a book called "The Book with No" (99) what?
(a) Swear words.
(b) Ending.
(c) Cover.
(d) Pictures.

5. The woman compares a documentarist to what other career position?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A fortuneteller.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A librarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the family at the narrative's center identifies as a "documentarist" (98)?

2. The man tells the woman one day that his new project will call for him to relocate "more permanently" (20) to what part of the United States?

3. What is the subject of the sound documentary the woman begins creating after finishing the language project?

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

5. When the plane has been loaded with children and begins to move, what action do the immigration officers take that angers the woman?

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