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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Apacheria: "Dust Valleys" - Lost Children Archive: "Box IV" - "Box VII".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy reports that the receipt of what news had caused the woman to fall silent "for days" (349)?
(a) The news that the bodies of Manuela's daughters had been found.
(b) The news that the plane being used to deport the refugee children had crashed.
(c) The news that her mother had passed away.
(d) The news that the man had decided to move to Arizona.

2. At what airport does the family watch a group of children being put onto a plane that will enact their deportation?
(a) Stapleton.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Artesia.
(d) Arlington.

3. The woman remarks that whenever the family listens to the radio during their road trip, she tries to find news about "the situation" (39) at what location?
(a) The southern border of the United States.
(b) A particular detention center in Texas.
(c) The White House.
(d) The tip of the Northern Triangle.

4. Whose narrative voice is represented when Part III: Apacheria opens?
(a) The boy's.
(b) Manuela's.
(c) The girl's.
(d) The woman's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the child refugees from the book Elegies for Lost Children come together with the boy and girl, in what type of structure do they all seek shelter?

2. When a flirtatious encounter results in the woman's possession of a man's phone number, where does she keep it during the rest of the trip?

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

4. The man and the woman had first met while working on a project involving which of the five senses?

5. What is the only object the boy packs inside of the girl's backpack before he takes her on a trek into the desert?

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