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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. What past tense verb does the woman use to describe the action she and the man had taken in relation to language for their long-term collaborative project?
(a) Heard.
(b) Spoke.
(c) Transcribed.
(d) Sampled.

2. What word does the woman say is currently used as "a euphemism for 'deportation'" (132)?
(a) Repast.
(b) Regression.
(c) Repentance.
(d) Removal.

3. How are the boy and girl related to the man and the woman with whom they are traveling?
(a) The girl is the woman's biological daughter and the boy is the man's biological son.
(b) The girl and boy are the children of family friends.
(c) The girl and boy are the niece and nephew of the man and woman.
(d) The girl and boy are the biological children of the man.

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

5. What make of car does the family buy for the road trip?
(a) Saab.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Volkswagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does a customer at the Dixie Cafe use to refer to the family at the center of the narrative?

2. What color is the book entitled Elegies for Lost Children?

3. Once the family has decided to travel toward the airport near Roswell, for how many weeks have they been driving?

4. Which member of the family ends up with the warrior name of Memphis?

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

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