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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. When the plane has been loaded with children and begins to move, what action do the immigration officers take that angers the woman?
(a) They clap.
(b) They dance.
(c) They sit down.
(d) They wave goodbye.

2. When the family reaches a motel modeled after Elvis's persona, which member of the family has enthusiasm that proves to be contagious?
(a) The woman.
(b) The boy.
(c) The man.
(d) The girl.

3. 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 hat.
(d) A shoe.

4. What term does the boy use to describe the things he had "invented and perfected way before" (204) the family's road trip?
(a) Arrow-maps.
(b) Nap-clouds.
(c) Hand-traps.
(d) Finger-maps.

5. What piece of information does the woman ask the boy to recite upon demand?
(a) His social security number.
(b) The family's address in New York City.
(c) The girl's blood type.
(d) The phone numbers of the man and the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the girl use to refer to the boy after he describes how an echo works?

2. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?

3. The woman is led to discover a note from the boy when she finds what area of the car in a state of disarray?

4. Whose narrative voice is represented when Part III: Apacheria opens?

5. As the family crosses Memphis, they play the song entitled "Graceland" by what musician?

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