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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reenactment: "Maps and Boxes" - "Lost".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hat.
(b) A popsicle.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A branch.

2. When the boy considers whether the black birds above may be forming arrows, he decides that only what type of bird "can be trusted" (264)?
(a) A magpie.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A falcon.
(d) A raven.

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

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

5. The woman believes that her voice as a mother needs to serve "as a" (160) what to her children's worlds?
(a) Pipeline.
(b) Stumbling block.
(c) Scaffolding.
(d) Ladder.

Short Answer Questions

1. The archival studies specialist to whom the woman turns for support is a professor at which university?

2. 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?

3. The girl becomes obsessed with the fact that which historical figure had died after falling off his horse?

4. In what state had the man and the woman first met?

5. As stated in the eighth elegy, the presence of what creature is the only thing that makes the girls in Elegies for Lost Children feel safe as they are crouched between train cars relieving themselves?

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