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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Family Soundscapes: "Relocations" - "Box II".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of dwelling had the man, woman, boy, and girl first lived together?
(a) An immigration detention facility.
(b) A house.
(c) A commune.
(d) An apartment.

2. In what state had the man and the woman first met?
(a) New York.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Utah.
(d) California.

3. How old is the boy upon the narrative's opening?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. When the man and woman first got together, they had seized upon what form as a manifesto for their relationship?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Dance.
(c) Prose.
(d) Soundscape.

5. With whom does the woman share news of trouble in her marriage before the family leaves for the road trip?
(a) A couple of friends.
(b) The boy and the girl.
(c) Her mother.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman states that in the past "six or seven months" (18) over how many undocumented children from Mexico and the Northern Triangle had been detained at the southern U.S. border?

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

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

4. After Manuela asks the woman to translate a series of documents, she asks her to meet with whom?

5. 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?

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