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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Family Soundscapes: "Undocumented" - "Missing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The woman's story about her parents traveling to India revolves around what object?
(a) A turntable.
(b) A candle.
(c) A tape player.
(d) A CD player.

2. Whenever the woman turns on the radio in the family car, the first line of what novel is heard before anything else?
(a) A Clockwork Orange.
(b) The Road.
(c) The Bean Trees.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

3. As the family crosses Memphis, they play the song entitled "Graceland" by what musician?
(a) Paul Simon.
(b) Sting.
(c) Carlos Santana.
(d) Johnny Cash.

4. What is the subject of the sound documentary the woman begins creating after finishing the language project?
(a) Child refugees.
(b) Appropriation.
(c) Santeria.
(d) Rape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following actions is a frequent habit of the girl at the center of the story?

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

3. 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?

4. What emotion does the woman say that the boy "normally represses" (37)?

5. Toward what state does the family set out at the start of the narrative?

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