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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. From what state does the family at the center of the narrative depart at the beginning of the novel?
(a) New York.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Puebla.
(d) California.

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

3. How many daughters does Manuela have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What term does a customer at the Dixie Cafe use to refer to the family at the center of the narrative?
(a) Migrants.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Brown.
(d) Foreigners.

5. At the time of the narrative's beginning, which character has just had a birthday the previous day?
(a) The girl.
(b) The husband.
(c) The boy.
(d) The wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman compares a documentarist to what other career position?

2. The vigil described by the woman had involved the attendees placing their hands on what object as they say the names of missing family members?

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

4. The Bosavi people believe that the only sounds that constitute "the voice of memory and the resonance of ancestry" (98) are made by what creatures?

5. When the man and woman first got together, they had seized upon what form as a manifesto for their relationship?

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