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

2. The woman recalls attending a vigil outside of what kind of establishment a few months before the road trip?
(a) A library.
(b) A courthouse.
(c) A detention center.
(d) A prison.

3. Into what part of Manuela's daughters' dresses does their grandmother sew Manuela's phone number?
(a) The sleeves.
(b) The linings.
(c) The yokes.
(d) The collars.

4. Which of the following actions is a frequent habit of the girl at the center of the story?
(a) She rarely speaks.
(b) She sucks her thumb.
(c) She rocks when anxious.
(d) She does not make eye contact.

5. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Memphis?
(a) The girl.
(b) The man.
(c) The boy.
(d) The woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The woman recalls that when she had been three months' pregnant with the girl, she had visited which of her family members in Chicago?

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

4. To what kind of establishment does the woman walk the night she ends up in a flirtatious encounter with a stranger?

5. What past tense verb does the woman use to indicate what happened to the girl's biological father?

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